Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 1995.

①The employment insurance separation slip under Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act before amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Ordinance"), the employment insurance insured person's certificate under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance, the employment insurance qualified recipient's certificate under Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Former Ordinance, the written notice of extension of the benefit period under Article 31, paragraph (4) of the Former Ordinance, the employment insurance elderly qualified recipient's certificate under Article 65-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance, the employment insurance specially qualified recipient's certificate under Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance, and the insurance record book for insured day workers under Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance that are actually issued on the day on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") are deemed to be, respectively, the employment insurance separation slip under Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Ordinance"), the employment insurance insured person's certificate under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance qualified recipient's certificate under Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the written notice of extension of the benefit period under Article 31, paragraph (3) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance elderly qualified recipient's certificate under Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance specially qualified recipient's certificate under Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, and the insurance record book for insured day workers under Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance.

②The written application for exclusion from the application of employment insurance under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance notification of loss of insured status under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance written application for reissuance of an insured person's certificate under Article 10, paragraph (3) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance notification of transfer out of an insured person under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance notification of change of name under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the written declaration for recognition of unemployment under Article 22, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the certificate of attendance at public vocational training, etc. under Article 27 of the New Ordinance, the notification of designation of the desired financial institution for payment under Article 45, paragraph (2) of the New Ordinance, the notification of change of the desired financial institution for payment under Article 45, paragraph (3) of the New Ordinance, the specially qualified recipient's written declaration for recognition of unemployment under Article 69, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the employment insurance written application for voluntary enrollment as an insured day worker under Article 71, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the notification of acquisition of insured status as an insured day worker under Article 72, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the written application for authorization to continue insured status as an insured day worker under Article 74, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the written application for re-employment allowance under Article 82-4, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, the written decision on payment of relocation expenses under Article 93 of the New Ordinance, and the certificate of relocation under Article 94, paragraph (2) of the New Ordinance may, for the time being, continue to be in the corresponding forms of the Former Ordinance.

③For the application of the provisions of Article 14-2 of the New Ordinance to an employer that employs an insured person who reached the age of 60 before the Effective Date, in paragraph (1) of that Article, "insured person it employs" is deemed to be replaced with "insured person aged 60 or older whom it has continued to employ from a day before the Effective Date and employs on a day after the Effective Date", and "reaches the age of 60, within 10 days counting from the day following the day of that fact," is deemed to be replaced with ", by July 31, 1995, prepared on the basis of the wages before the Effective Date pertaining to that insured person"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, "the day in a month subject to payment prescribed in Article 61, paragraph (2) of the Act that corresponds to the day on which that insured person reached the age of 60 (in a month with no corresponding day, the last day of that month)" is deemed to be replaced with "a day after the Effective Date", "pursuant to the preceding paragraph" with "the provisions of the preceding paragraph as applied by replacing terms under Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (Order of the Ministry of Labour No. 1 of 1995)", "the day on which that insured person reached the age of 60" with "the Effective Date", and "on the day on which the person reached the age of 60" with "on the Effective Date".

④For the application of the provisions of Article 14-3 of the New Ordinance to an employer that employs an insured person who commenced the leave prescribed in Article 61-4, paragraph (1) of the Act before the Effective Date, in Article 14-3, paragraph (1) of the New Ordinance, "within 10 days counting from the day following the day on which that leave commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "by July 31, 1995".

⑤The provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2) of the New Ordinance apply to the payment of the employment adjustment grant pertaining to leave, educational training, or secondment implemented on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant pertaining to leave, educational training, or secondment implemented before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑥With regard to the payment of the industrial employment stabilization incentive under Article 102-4, paragraph (2) of the Former Ordinance pertaining to vocational training under item (i), (a), (2) of that paragraph commenced before the Effective Date, the change of assignment accompanying business conversion under (b), (2) of that item carried out before the Effective Date, and hiring through secondment or the arrangement of re-employment under (c), (1) of that item on a day before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑦With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers under Article 110 of the Former Ordinance pertaining to hiring on a day before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑧With regard to the payment of the regional employment incentive under Article 112, paragraph (2) of the Former Ordinance pertaining to an employer that, on a day before the Effective Date, submitted the plan under item (i), (b) of that paragraph, and the payment of the regional employment incentive under paragraph (5) of that Article pertaining to an employer that, on a day before the Effective Date, submitted the plan under paragraph (5), item (i), (b) of that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑨With regard to the payment of the ability development benefit under Article 125, paragraph (2) of the Former Ordinance pertaining to eligible vocational training under item (i), (a) of that paragraph commenced before the Effective Date, and the self-development subsidy benefit under paragraph (3) of that Article pertaining to paid educational training leave under item (i), (a) of that paragraph commenced before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑩With regard to the payment of the ability development benefit for business conversion, etc. of small and medium-sized enterprises under Article 125-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance pertaining to eligible vocational training under item (i), (a) of that paragraph and paid educational training leave under item (ii), (a) of that paragraph, each commenced before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑪With regard to the payment of the benefit for dispatch to authorized training, etc. under Article 133, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance pertaining to authorized training under that paragraph commenced before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑫With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers under Article 6-2, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Measures Act before amendment pertaining to hiring on a day before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 101-5, paragraphs (2), (4) and (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 101-7, paragraph (2)) of the New Ordinance, the written application for continuous employment benefits for the elderly during the period from the Effective Date to March 31, 1996 must be submitted, according to the category of month subject to payment (in the case of submission of a written application for continuous employment benefits for the elderly pertaining to an application for payment of re-employment benefits for the elderly, month subject to payment after re-employment) listed in the following items, within the period specified in each of those items; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is an unavoidable reason, such as a natural disaster, for not having submitted it.

②The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to submission in the case of the proviso to the preceding paragraph.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for payment of basic childcare leave benefits. In this case, "Article 101-5, paragraphs (2), (4) and (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 101-7, paragraph (2))" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 101-13, paragraphs (2), (4) and (6)", "written application for continuous employment benefits for the elderly" with "written application for basic childcare leave benefits", and "month subject to payment (in the case of submission of a written application for continuous employment benefits for the elderly pertaining to an application for payment of re-employment benefits for the elderly, month subject to payment after re-employment)" with "month that includes the first day of the payment unit period".

④For the application of the provisions of Article 101-6, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 101-7, paragraph (2) and Article 102; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) to an insured person for whom payment of continuous employment benefits was decided during the period from April 1, 1995 to March 31, 1996, "within seven days counting from the day following that day" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "by the payment deadline determined for that insured person".

The standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 57 of 1994; hereinafter referred to as the "Amending Act") are that a qualified recipient falls under all of the following items.

The number of days specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act is the number of days specified in each of the following items according to the categories listed in those items.

The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 4, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act are persons for whom there is no prospect of being able to take up an occupation by the day on which they finish receiving basic allowance for the number of days equivalent to the prescribed duration of benefits prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act.