SMEs also set upper limit on overtime work Enhancement of passive smoking measures April 1 5:28
The new year begins on the 1st and various rules change. Following large companies, SMEs will be subject to caps on overtime work, and measures to prevent secondhand smoke will be strengthened.
Of these, overtime work for SMEs is subject to a cap on small and medium enterprises that was introduced last year for large companies.
As with large companies, the overtime limit is 45 hours a month and 360 hours a year, excluding holidays. However, if there are special circumstances, additional overtime work is allowed up to six months a year, and less than 100 hours per month, including holiday work. The year is limited to 720 hours, excluding holiday work.
Also, the rules for preventing passive smoking, which inhales other people's cigarettes, will change from one day. Until now, schools and hospitals were required to quit smoking on the premises, but restaurants, hotels, ryokan, and offices are generally banned indoors except for smoking spaces.
For restaurants operated by individuals or small businesses with a seating area of 100 square meters or less, a grace period of five years is provided, but it must be indicated that it is a smoking area.
Measures to prevent passive smoking by employees, such as restaurants and hotels, will also be strengthened. Until now, we have banned employees under the age of 20 from entering places where they can smoke. It is mandatory for the company to specify this in such as.