In accordance with the provision of Article 18 of the Labor Contract Act, in case the total period of a labor contract with a defined period (to commence on or after April 1, 2013) exceeds five consecutive years, such labor contract shall be converted to a labor contract without a definite period, effective the day after the last day of the former period of contract, upon the request of the worker concerned made by the last day of said period of contract. However, if the employee is eligible for an exception under the Act on Special Measures for Fixed-term contract Workers with Specialized Knowledge, etc., this period of “five years” will become the period provided for the “term of employment” in this notice.