Supplementary Provisions, Article 139

①To apply the provisions of Article 36 to a business for constructing structures (limited to projects for recovery and reconstruction after a disaster) and other related business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month, and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month (limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv))" and "that item" in Article 36, paragraph (5) are deemed to be respectively replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month" and "paragraph (2), item (iv)"; and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, regarding a business which constructs structures or any other business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being related to that business, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period as prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).