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Law Concerning the Improvement of Employment Management, Etc. of Part-Time Workers (Part-Time Work Law)

CHAPTER II. BASIC POLICY PLAN ON PART-TIME WORKERS

Article 5. The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall formulate a basic policy on measures concerning the promotion of employment management and human resources development and improvement in order to promote the welfare of Part-Time Workers (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the “Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers”).

2. Matters included in the Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers shall be as follows:
  (1) matters concerning trends in the vocational activities of Part-Time Workers;
  (2) matters that should be regarded as necessary guidelines on measures taken for promoting the Improvement of Employment Management, Etc. for Part-Time Workers, and human resources development and improvement; and
  (3) in addition to matters listed in the preceding two items, matters that should be regarded as necessary guidelines on measures taken for promoting the welfare of Part-Time Workers.
3. The Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers shall be formulated in due consideration of working conditions, awareness and the actual conditions, etc. of Part-Time Workers.
4. In formulating the Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall hear the opinions of the Labour Polilcy Council in advance.
5. When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has formulated a Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers, he or she shall make it public without delay.
6. The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to modification of the Basic Policy Plan on Part-Time Workers.

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