Ministerial Ordinance Amending Worker Dispatch and Part-Time/Fixed-Term Employment Rules

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Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 87 of 2026, promulgated on 2026-04-28, amends the enforcement regulations on worker dispatch and on improving employment management for part-time and fixed-term workers. The listed target is the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Improvement of Employment Management for Part-Time Workers and Fixed-Term Workers, Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 34 of 1993; the stated effective date is 2026-10-01.

Business Impact

Worker dispatch businesses and employers of part-time and fixed-term workers may be affected because the ordinance amends regulations governing those employment arrangements. The metadata does not identify the specific changes or obligations.

Recommended Action

Review of the official Japanese source could clarify the amended provisions, their scope and any transitional arrangements associated with the 2026-10-01 effective date.

Timeline of related official records

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1. 2026-04-28 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律施行規則及び短時間労働者及び有期雇用労働者の雇用管理の改善等に関する法律施行規則の一部を改正する省令（令和八年厚生労働省令第八十七号） (this update) Original Japanese source
2. 2026-10-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律施行規則、短時間労働者及び有期雇用労働者の雇用管理の改善等に関する法律施行規則 (this update) Original Japanese source