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Information on enrolling in the Social Insurance Systems
It is our great pleasure to welcome you as a member of the Contract Professionals service division of en world
Japan. Below is a brief explanation of important information to enroll in the social insurance systems. The mainsocial insurance systems for salaried workers in companies are the Employees’ Health Insurance (EHI)
System and the Employees’ Pension Insurance (EPI) System. Please read the following information carefullyto ensure a smooth start of your service or continuation of your service with a client.

Conditions and Date of enrollment※ Dispatched staff and fixed-term employment contract employees who meet the following
conditions are obliged to enroll in the EPI and EHI systems.
1. Your weekly work hours specified in the employment contract are 20 hours or more
2. Your employment term is expected to be two months or longer. If the employment contract clearlystates that the contract "will be renewed" or "may be renewed”
Date of enrollment: First day of the initial employment contract
Effective October 2022, those who meet the above conditions will be enrolled in the EHI and the EPI
from the initial date of the employment contract.

Other precautions
1. Your contributions are charged from your standard monthly remuneration regardless of the dateof enrollment or loss of eligibilityYour contributions cannot be calculated daily and are collected monthly from your remuneration.
For example, if you enroll in the EHI and EPI on October 25, your premiums will be collected fromyour remuneration for October.

2． You will be enrolled in both EHI and EPI at the same time. You cannot enroll only in one or theother or enroll at different times.

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FAQ
Q1. Is the coverage under the EHI and the EPI compulsory by law, even if my employment
term is for two months or less?
(Answer) Even if the initial employment contract term is expected to be for two months or less, if theemployment contract or other document clearly states that the employment contract "will be renewed" or "maybe renewed," the staff will be deemed to meet the conditions for enrollment. The insured status will be acquiredat the start date of the contract based on the first employment contract.

Q2. Even if the employment contract is expected to be renewed, will the employee not be
required to enroll in the EHI and the EPI from day one if he/she wishes to do so?
(Answer) If the following conditions are met, the staff will fulfill the requirements for obtaining insured status.
Therefore, the staff is obligated to enroll in the EHI and the EPI from the first day.
1. The weekly working hours specified in the employment contract are 20 hours or more.
2. If your employment term is expected to be two months or longer.

Q3. How should I deal with the case where my EHI and EPI contributions exceed my monthly
remuneration when I start working at the end of the month?
(Answer) The contributions will not be deducted from your first month’s remuneration. The premiums for thetwo months will be deducted from the following month's remuneration.

Q3-1. So even if I work, I actually lose money?
(Answer) If you were enrolled in National Health Insurance before you started working, you will be switched toSocial Insurance from the current month, so in principle you will not "lose" any money. In addition, if you wereenrolled in social insurance at your previous job, social insurance premiums will not be deducted from thecurrent month's wages paid by that company, but from the current month's wages paid by us, so in principle
there will be no double deduction.

Q4. When can the deduction for the EHI and the EPI contributions be more than the amount of
my monthly remuneration?
(Answer) The EHI and the EPI contributions cannot calculate on a pro-rata basis.
Therefore, if an employee enrolls in the EHI and the EPI in last week of the month (the employment contract
starts near the end of the month) or if his/her monthly remuneration is low because of fewer working days inthe month, the EHI and the EPI premiums may be higher than the monthly remuneration amount.
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Q5. In the case of question 4, how will it be handled?
(Answer) If the social insurance burden (EHI and the EPI) is more than the amount of monthly remuneration
paid, no deductions will be made from the standard salary for that month and such contributions will not becollected. There are two patterns of handling as follows.

Pattern 1: If the employment contract continues for the following month
The contributions for the two months will be deducted together from the next month's remuneration.
Pattern 2: When the remuneration for the next month is not paid due to the termination of the employment
contract,The EHI and the EPI contributions will be deducted from remuneration for the first month. If the full amount ofsocial insurance contributions cannot be deducted from the first month's remuneration and there is a shortfall,
we will send you a money transfer request form to your home address. Please pay by the end of the followingmonth.

Q6. If a staff resigns from the company in the month in which he/she became eligible for theEHI and the EPI, will the contributions be collected? (Loss of qualification in the same month)(Answer) Once he/she is enrolled in the EHI and the EPI, he/she cannot cancel the enrollment. The EHI andEPI premiums will be charged even if his/her employment contract is terminated in the middle of the firstcontract.

For example, the initial employment contract period is from Oct. 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022 (for a month)★ With the intention to renew the contract.
However, the staff ended the employment contract on Oct. 3, 2022, as she/he did not fit into the work
environment.
⇒In this case, even if the staff worked for only three days, one month's worth of the EHI and the EPI
contributions will be charged.
Since one month's worth of the EHI and the EPI contributions will be deducted from the remuneration of thefirst month, the standard salary payment will be considerably lower. In some cases, the amount ofremuneration paid may be less than the EHI and EPI contributions.
※ Please refer to Question 5. for information on how to handle this case.

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Q 7. If staff did not acquire insured status at the start of his/her employment contract because
he/she had agreed prior to joining the company not to extend beyond the term of the initial
employment contract (within two months). However, during the term of the contract, thesituation changes and the contract is expected to be extended beyond the duration of theinitial employment contract, when will the date of acquisition of insured status be?
(Answer) The employee will acquire insured status on the date the contract is agreed to be renewed.

Q 8. If staff starts work for a fixed period of two months or less and his/her employment
contract is expected to be renewed, but circumstances change after the contract starts andthe contract is not renewed, does the staff lose his/her insured status in the middle of thecontractual period?
(Answer) Even if the employment contract was expected to be renewed, in the end, if the contract is notrenewed, the staff will not lose his/her insured status during the contract period. Social insurance contributions
will still be charged. Therefore, the EHI and EPI premiums cannot be exempted on the grounds of mismatch orcontractual discrepancy.

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