Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Annual Paid Leave
第四条（年次有給休暇に関する経過措置）
With regard to paid leave pertaining to a worker for whom, at the time this Act comes into effect, a day other than April 1 is the base date (meaning the first day of each sub-period (or, if a final period of less than one year arises, meaning that period; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) into which the period of continuous employment is divided in one-year units beginning at the six-months elapsed date prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act, or, in the case where paid leave under the provisions of Article 39, paragraphs (1) through (3) of that Act is to be granted from a day earlier than the first day of the sub-period to which that paid leave pertains, meaning that day; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (7) of the New Labor Standards Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern until the day before the first base date after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際四月一日以外の日が基準日（継続勤務した期間を労働基準法第三十九条第二項に規定する六箇月経過日から一年ごとに区分した各期間（最後に一年未満の期間を生じたときは、当該期間をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の初日をいい、同法第三十九条第一項から第三項までの規定による有給休暇を当該有給休暇に係る当該各期間の初日より前の日から与えることとした場合はその日をいう。以下この条において同じ。）である労働者に係る有給休暇については、この法律の施行の日後の最初の基準日の前日までの間は、新労基法第三十九条第七項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
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
six-months elapsed date
「六箇月経過日」
The day a worker's continuous employment passes six months from hiring, from which additional annual paid leave is counted.
Short name set inArticle 39, paragraph (2)
the New Labor Standards Actmachine translation
「新労基法」
This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 71 of 2018.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
each sub-periodmachine translation
「各期間」
Each of the one-year blocks into which a worker's continuous employment is divided, counted from the six-month mark in Article 39, paragraph (2), with any final block shorter than a year counting as one, as used in the supplementary provisions of the Act No. 71 of 2018 on work style reform.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
base date
「基準日」
In the supplementary provisions of Act No. 71 of 2018, the first day of each one-year period into which a worker's continuous service is divided, counting from the day six months after hiring as Article 39, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act defines it, or, where the employer chose to give the paid leave (有給休暇) from an earlier day, that earlier day.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article