Supplementary Provisions, Article 137
第百三十七条
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 628 of the Civil Code, until the measures provided for in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 104 of 2003) are taken, beginning on the day that falls one year after the first day of the term of the labor contract, a worker who has entered into a fixed-term labor contract (limited to one with a term of over one year; excluding contracts in which it is provided that the contract period is the period necessary for the completion of a specific undertaking business) (excluding a worker provided for in the items of Article 14, paragraph (1)), may resign at any time by giving notice of this intention to the employer.
business
「事業」
A business or office at which people are employed; the unit to which the Labor Standards Act applies.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1)
worker
「労働者」
A person employed at a business or office and paid wages, whatever the kind of job.
Defined inArticle 9, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
employermachine translation
「使用者」
The business owner, its managers, and anyone else acting for the owner in matters concerning its workers.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law