If five years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to review the provisions of Article 36 of the new Labor Standards Act while taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, trends in working hours and other circumstances, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results of that review.

The government is to continue to consider the abolition of the special provisions concerning Article 36 of the new Labor Standards Act for the businesses prescribed in Article 139 of the new Labor Standards Act and the work prescribed in Article 140 of the new Labor Standards Act, while taking into consideration trends in working hours after this Act comes into effect and other circumstances.

Beyond the matters provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the government is, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, 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") from the perspective of achieving harmony between work and life, improving working conditions, securing balanced treatment among workers with different forms of employment or forms of work, and otherwise enriching the vocational lives of workers, through the promotion of consultation between workers and employers and other means, while taking into consideration the status of enforcement of the respective Acts as amended and other circumstances, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results of that review.