This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 1986; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item.

Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of the preceding Article, those respective provisions; the same applies in the following Article and Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the corresponding provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) as amended by that Article.

The provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2 do not apply to a woman for whom the day on which six weeks after childbirth elapse falls before this Act comes into effect.

With regard to a woman who came to be engaged in work pursuant to the proviso to Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act comes into effect and for whom six weeks after childbirth have not elapsed at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2.

With regard to the bearing of travel expenses in the case where a woman 18 years of age or older who was dismissed before this Act comes into effect returns home, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect with respect to matters that are to be governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

At an appropriate time after this Act comes into effect, the government is to take into consideration the status of enforcement of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment and Promotion of the Welfare of Female Workers as amended by Article 1 and of the provisions of Chapter VI-2 of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2, and, when it finds it necessary, is to review the provisions of these Acts and take necessary measures based on the results of that review.