Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 628 of the Civil Code, until the measures provided for in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 104 of 2003) are taken, beginning on the day that falls one year after the first day of the term of the labor contract, a worker who has entered into a fixed-term labor contract (limited to one with a term of over one year; excluding contracts in which it is provided that the contract period is the period necessary for the completion of a specific undertaking business) (excluding a worker provided for in the items of Article 14, paragraph (1)), may resign at any time by giving notice of this intention to the employer.

①To apply the provisions of Article 36 to a business for constructing structures (limited to projects for recovery and reconstruction after a disaster) and other related business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month, and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month (limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv))" and "that item" in Article 36, paragraph (5) are deemed to be respectively replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month" and "paragraph (2), item (iv)"; and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, regarding a business which constructs structures or any other business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being related to that business, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period as prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).

①To apply the provisions of Article 36 to the services of vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers (meaning vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers as defined in Article 3, item (i), (c) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951)), the services of motor truck transportation businesses (the motor truck transportation business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act (Act No. 83 of 1989)), and other services that involve vehicle operation prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "(limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv)), as well as the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited to a range not exceeding 720 hours, including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with that item). In this case, the agreement referred to in paragraph (1) must also prescribe the number of months (up to six months per year) in the applicable period referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) during which the number of hours by which the employer extends the working hours it has a worker work, may exceed 45 hours per month (or 42 hours per month, if the employer has a worker work pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, after setting a period exceeding three months as the applicable period referred to in Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii))" in Article 36, paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "and the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited to a range not exceeding 960 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement concerning paragraph (2), item (iv))", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, concerning services provided for in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period established by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement as stated in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement as stated in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).

①To apply the provisions of Article 36 to medical practitioners practicing medicine (limited to the medical practitioners that are necessary for ensuring the medical care delivery system prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per day, month, and year during the applicable period" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work during the applicable period" and the phrase "the overtime maximum" in Article 36, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "the overtime maximum and the hours that are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the health and welfare of the workers", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (5) and (6) (limited to the portions concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) may establish the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work in excess of the hours established in the agreement concerning Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) (including the number of hours established in the agreement concerning Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv), and limited in range to less than the number of hours and the number of months prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (5) and the number of hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the health and welfare of the workers) if the employer needs to temporarily have a worker work more than the hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 36, paragraph (3) as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph due to an ordinarily unforeseeable, significant increase in the volume of work at the workplace, as well as any other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in addition to the items of paragraph (2) of Article 36.

③In the case as referred to in paragraph (1), even if the employer extends the working hours it has a worker work, or has a worker work on a day off, pursuant to the agreement prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1), it must not have that worker work in excess of the hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in consideration of the requirements provided for in Article 36, paragraph (6) and workers' health and welfare.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, as concerning a medical practitioner engaged in medical practice, "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers, in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date, and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).

⑤A person who violates the provisions of paragraph (3) is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

To apply the provisions of Article 36 to sugar manufacturing businesses in Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture, the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month and the number of hours it may have a worker work on their days off per month (limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv))" and "that item" in Article 36, paragraph (5) are deemed to be respectively replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month, and the number of hours it may have a worker work on their days off per month" and "paragraph (2), item (iv)", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).

①To apply the provisions of Article 109, the term "five years" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "three years", until otherwise provided for by law.

②To apply the provisions of Article 114, the term "five years" in the proviso to that Article is deemed to be replaced with "three years", until otherwise provided for by law.

③To apply the provisions of Article 115, the phrase "Any claims for wages under the provisions of this Act are extinguished by prescription if not made within five years from the time when they may be exercised" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Any claims for retirement allowances or severance pay under the provisions of this Act are extinguished by prescription if not made within five years from the time when they may be exercised; and claims for wages (excluding retirement allowances or severance pay) under the provisions of this Act are extinguished by prescription if not made within three years from the time when they may be exercised", until otherwise provided for by law.