This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.

With regard to the revocation of a license or an order for the suspension of business against a person that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, holds a license under the provisions of the Worker Dispatching Act prior to its amendment by Article 5, the provisions then in force continue to govern as regards grounds that arose before the provisions set forth in that item come into effect.

①A client (meaning a client as prescribed in Article 2, item (iv) of the Worker Dispatching Act; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (1) of the following Article) that has concluded a staffing contract (meaning a staffing contract as prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act; the same applies below in this paragraph) before the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, and that, after the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, uses the services of worker dispatch (meaning worker dispatch as prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Worker Dispatching Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and in the following Article) based on that staffing contract, must, on the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (referred to as the "item (ii) effective date" in the following paragraph and the following Article), provide the staffing provider (meaning a staffing provider as prescribed in Article 2, item (iv) of the Worker Dispatching Act; the same applies in the following Article) that carries out that worker dispatch with information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, including information on the wages and other treatment of comparable workers (meaning comparable workers as prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (8) of the Worker Dispatching Act as amended by Article 5 (referred to below as the "new Worker Dispatching Act" in this paragraph, paragraph (1) of the following Article, and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions)), for each type of work in which the dispatched workers (meaning dispatched workers as prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Worker Dispatching Act; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) involved in that worker dispatch engage, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In that case, the phrase "paragraph (7)" in Article 26, paragraph (10) of the new Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (7) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (Act No. 71 of 2018)"; the phrase "or of Acts applied pursuant to the provisions of Section 4" in Articles 28 and 31 of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with ", of Acts applied pursuant to the provisions of Section 4, or of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; the phrase "the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1), Article 50, and Article 51, paragraph (1))" in Article 48, paragraph (1) of the new Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1), Article 50, and Article 51, paragraph (1)) or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; the phrase "Article 40-9, paragraph (1)" in Article 49-2, paragraph (1) of the new Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 40-9, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform"; the phrase "this Act or the provisions of an order based on this Act" in Article 49-3, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions), or the provisions of an order based on these"; and the phrase "this Act" in Article 50 and Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)".

②The client referred to in the preceding paragraph may provide the information referred to in that paragraph, in the same manner as under the provisions of that paragraph, even before the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect. In that case, information provided in the same manner as under the provisions of that paragraph is deemed to have been provided pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph on the item (ii) effective date.

①With regard to worker dispatch being carried out at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, a staffing provider must, on the item (ii) effective date, notify the client of the dispatched workers involved in that worker dispatch of whether or not those dispatched workers are workers covered under a collective agreement (meaning workers covered under a collective agreement as prescribed in Article 30-5 of the new Worker Dispatching Act), pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In that case, the phrase "this Act" in Article 6, item (i) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act (including when it is applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (Act No. 71 of 2018) following the deemed replacement of terms)"; the phrase "following the replacement of terms)" in Article 14, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "following the replacement of terms), the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; in Article 35, paragraph (2) of the new Worker Dispatching Act, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the preceding paragraph or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform", and the phrase "item (ii) of that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph"; the phrase "the following Article" in Article 36, item (i) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "the following Article and Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform"; the phrase "Article 35" in Article 41, item (i), (c) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 35 or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform"; the phrase "the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1), Article 50, and Article 51, paragraph (1))" in Article 48, paragraph (1) of the new Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1), Article 50, and Article 51, paragraph (1)) or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; the phrase "following replacement of terms)" in Article 49, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "following replacement of terms) or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; the phrase "this Act or the provisions of an order based on this Act" in Article 49-3, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions), or the provisions of an order based on these"; the phrase "this Act" in Article 50 and Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform (limited to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; and the phrase "Article 35" in Article 61, item (iv) of the Worker Dispatching Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 35 or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote Work Style Reform".

②With regard to the worker dispatch referred to in the preceding paragraph, a staffing provider may give the notice referred to in that paragraph, in the same manner as under the provisions of that paragraph, even before the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect. In that case, a notice given in the same manner as under the provisions of that paragraph is deemed to have been given pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph on the item (ii) effective date.

With regard to a dispute that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is pending before a dispute coordinating committee (meaning the dispute coordinating committee referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001); the same applies in Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions), that pertains to conciliation referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act, and that falls under the disputes prescribed in Article 47-6 of the Worker Dispatching Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article.

③Beyond 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 working 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.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect and to conduct engaged in after this Act comes into effect in the case where the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions and in the case where provisions are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, 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.