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The Act on the protection, etc. of fixed-term and part-time employees was enacted on July 1, 2007. The purpose of this Act is to promote a sound development of the labor market by redressing undue discrimination against fixed-term and part-time employees and strengthening the protection of their working conditions. An employer may hire a fixed-term employee for a period not exceeding two years (In the case of repeated fixed-term labor contracts, the sum of the periods of such contracts shall not exceed two years.). However, If there are a rational reasons, an employer may hire a fixed-term employee for a period in excess of two years. Notwithstanding the fact that those grounds enumerated in the proviso of Article 4 paragraph (1) do not exist or cease to exist, if an employer hires a fixed-term employee for more than two years, the fixed-term employee shall be considered as a worker who has made a labor contract with no fixed term. An employer shall not give discriminatory treatment against fixed-term employees on the ground of their employment status compared with other workers engaged in the same or similar jobs under a labor contract without a fixed term in the business or workplace concerned. In spite of this Act, there are many fixed-term workers have to live with job instability. This study suggest on the Improvement of the Act on the protection, etc. of fixed-term and part-time employees.