Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours
第二条（労働時間に関する経過措置）
With regard to working hours for the week that includes March 31, 1988, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 60, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act").
With respect to a worker whom an employer, at the time this Act comes into effect, is to have work under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act"), with regard to working hours for the period that includes March 31, 1988 among the fixed periods of not more than four weeks provided for in the rules of employment or other equivalent instrument based on the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, Article 32-2, Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the New Act.
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
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 99 of 1987.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Former Actmachine translation
「旧法」
This Act as it stood before Act No. 99 of 1987 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)