Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect on the date specified in the respective items.
この法律は、平成三十一年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions of Article 3; the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2), Article 8, paragraph (2), Article 14, and Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provision revising item (xviii) of Appended Table 1 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance (Act No. 89 of 1968) in Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provision revising Article 28 and Article 38, paragraph (3) of the Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons (Act No. 68 of 1971) in Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provision revising Article 30, paragraph (2) of the Act on the Improvement of Employment of Construction Workers (Act No. 33 of 1976) in Article 20 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provisions of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provision revising Article 4, paragraph (1), item (lii) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Act No. 97 of 1999) in Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provision revising Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iv) of that Act (limited to the part adding ", the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives" after "(Act No. 46 of 1998)"); and the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions: the day of promulgation.
第三条の規定並びに附則第七条第二項、第八条第二項、第十四条及び第十五条の規定、附則第十八条中社会保険労務士法（昭和四十三年法律第八十九号）別表第一第十八号の改正規定、附則第十九条中高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第六十八号）第二十八条及び第三十八条第三項の改正規定、附則第二十条中建設労働者の雇用の改善等に関する法律（昭和五十一年法律第三十三号）第三十条第二項の改正規定、附則第二十七条の規定、附則第二十八条中厚生労働省設置法（平成十一年法律第九十七号）第四条第一項第五十二号の改正規定及び同法第九条第一項第四号の改正規定（「（平成十年法律第四十六号）」の下に「、労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律」を加える部分に限る。）並びに附則第三十条の規定 公布の日
The provisions of Article 5 (excluding the provisions revising Articles 44 through 46 of the Worker Dispatching Act); the provisions of Article 7 and Article 8; the provisions of Article 6, Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, Article 11, Article 13, and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provisions of Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions listed in the preceding item); the provisions of Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions listed in the preceding item); the provisions of Article 20 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions listed in the preceding item); the provisions of Article 21, Article 23, and Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions; and the provisions of Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions listed in the preceding item): April 1, 2020.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Transitional Measures concerning the Application of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act
第十一条（短時間・有期雇用労働法の適用に関する経過措置）
With respect to small and medium-sized employers, until March 31, 2021, the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 3, Chapter III, Section 1 (excluding Article 15 and Article 18, paragraph (3)), and Chapter IV (excluding Article 26 and Article 27) of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management and Conversion of Employment Status for Part-Time Workers and Fixed-Term Workers after the amendment by Article 7 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act") do not apply. In this case, the provisions of Article 2, Article 3, Chapter III, Section 1 (excluding Article 15 and Article 18, paragraph (3)), and Chapter IV (excluding Article 26 and Article 27) of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management, etc. for Part-Time Workers before the amendment by Article 7, and the provisions of Article 20 of the Labor Contracts Act before the amendment by Article 8, remain in force.
中小事業主については、令和三年三月三十一日までの間、第七条の規定による改正後の短時間労働者及び有期雇用労働者の雇用管理の改善等に関する法律（以下この条において「短時間・有期雇用労働法」という。）第二条第一項、第三条、第三章第一節（第十五条及び第十八条第三項を除く。）及び第四章（第二十六条及び第二十七条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。この場合において、第七条の規定による改正前の短時間労働者の雇用管理の改善等に関する法律第二条、第三条、第三章第一節（第十五条及び第十八条第三項を除く。）及び第四章（第二十六条及び第二十七条を除く。）の規定並びに第八条の規定による改正前の労働契約法第二十条の規定は、なおその効力を有する。
With regard to a dispute pertaining to mediation under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes that is, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, actually pending before the Dispute Coordinating Committee, and that falls under a dispute prescribed in Article 23 of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act (limited to one to which an employer other than a small or medium-sized employer is a party), the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article.
附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に紛争調整委員会に係属している個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律第五条第一項のあっせんに係る紛争であって、短時間・有期雇用労働法第二十三条に規定する紛争に該当するもの（中小事業主以外の事業主が当事者であるものに限る。）については、同条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
With regard to a dispute pertaining to an application made before April 1, 2021, and pertaining to mediation under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes that is, as of that day, actually pending before the Dispute Coordinating Committee (limited to one that falls under a dispute prescribed in Article 23 of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act and to which a small or medium-sized employer is a party), the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23 of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act.
令和三年四月一日前にされた申請に係る紛争であって、同日において現に紛争調整委員会に係属している個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律第五条第一項のあっせんに係るもの（短時間・有期雇用労働法第二十三条に規定する紛争に該当するものであって、中小事業主が当事者であるものに限る。）については、短時間・有期雇用労働法第二十三条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 12Review
第十二条（検討）
In addition to the matters specified in the preceding two paragraphs, the Government is to review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "the respective Acts as amended"), with a target of five years after the enforcement of this Act, from the viewpoint of achieving a balance between work and daily life, improving working conditions, securing balanced treatment among workers under different forms of employment or different forms of engagement, and otherwise enriching the vocational lives of workers, through the promotion of consultation, etc. between workers and employers, while taking into consideration the status of the enforcement of the respective Acts as amended, etc., and, when it finds it necessary, take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
政府は、前二項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この項において「改正後の各法律」という。）の規定について、労働者と使用者の協議の促進等を通じて、仕事と生活の調和、労働条件の改善、雇用形態又は就業形態の異なる労働者の間の均衡のとれた待遇の確保その他の労働者の職業生活の充実を図る観点から、改正後の各法律の施行の状況等を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 29Transitional Measures concerning Penal Provisions
第二十九条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before the enforcement of this Act (or, with respect to the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, before the enforcement of the relevant provisions), and to an act committed after the enforcement of this Act in the case where the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, or in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律（附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 30Delegation to Cabinet Order
第三十条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。