Supplementary Provisions, Article 5
第五条
The amount of the retirement allowance for a covered employee under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract under which premiums have at any time been paid at a monthly premium of less than 400 yen, who retires on or after the Effective Date, is, notwithstanding Article 10, paragraph (2) of the New Act, the total of the amounts calculated under each of the following items (if the amount has a fraction of less than one yen, it is rounded up to one yen); provided, however, that where the retirement is due to death and that total is less than the total amount of premiums paid, the amount of the retirement allowance is the amount equivalent to the total amount of premiums paid.
for each 100 yen of a monthly premium of 400 yen or less, one quarter of the amount specified in the middle column of Appended Table 1 of the New Act according to the number of months for which premiums were paid (where, among the number of months for which premiums were paid, there are months relating to a period during which the mutual aid policyholder was an employer other than a small and medium-sized enterprise, the amount obtained by adding, to the amount specified in the right-hand column of that table according to the number of months for which premiums were paid, the amount obtained by subtracting the amount specified in the right-hand column from one quarter of the amount specified in the middle column of that table according to the number of months for which premiums were paid relating to the period during which the mutual aid policyholder was a small and medium-sized enterprise);
for each 100 yen of a monthly premium exceeding 400 yen, the amount specified in the right-hand column of that table according to the number of months for which premiums were paid.
四百円をこえる掛金月額について、その百円ごとに、掛金の納付があつた月数に応じ同表の下欄に定める金額
small and medium-sized enterprisemachine translation
「中小企業者」
An employer (事業主) — other than the State, a local government or a similar body an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令) names — that regularly employs no more than 300 employees, or is a corporation with stated capital or total contributions of no more than 300 million yen; where its main business is wholesale, the limits are 100 employees or 100 million yen, in services 100 employees or 50 million yen, and in retail 50 employees or 50 million yen.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
retirementmachine translation
「退職」
The ending of an employee's employment relationship with their employer (事業主).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
retirement allowance mutual aid contractmachine translation
「退職金共済契約」
A contract under which an employer (事業主) promises to pay premiums (掛金) to the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid (独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構) and the Organization promises to pay a retirement allowance (退職金), as this Act provides, when the employer's employees leave; a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約) is not one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
mutual aid policyholdermachine translation
「共済契約者」
An employer (事業主) that is a party to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
covered employeemachine translation
「被共済者」
A person to whom the Organization (機構) must pay a retirement allowance (退職金) when they leave their employment, under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law