The provisions of Articles 32-2 through 32-5, Article 36, Article 40, and Article 41-2 do not apply to persons under 18 years of age.
第三十二条の二から第三十二条の五まで、第三十六条、第四十条及び第四十一条の二の規定は、満十八才に満たない者については、これを適用しない。
To apply the provisions of Article 32 to children employed pursuant to Article 56, paragraph (2), the phrase "40 hours per week" in Article 32, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "40 hours per week including school hours", and the phrase "8 hours per day" in Article 32, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "7 hours per day including school hours".
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, a person aged 15 or over but under the age of 18 may be employed in accordance with the following provisions until they reach the age of 18 (other than during the period until the first 31st of March falling on or after the day the person reaches 15 years of age):
if the total number of working hours in a week will not exceed the number of working hours referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) and the number of working hours for any one day of the week will be reduced to 4 hours or less, the working hours for other days of the week may be extended to 10 hours;
一週間の労働時間が第三十二条第一項の労働時間を超えない範囲内において、一週間のうち一日の労働時間を四時間以内に短縮する場合において、他の日の労働時間を十時間まで延長すること。
an employer may have the worker work in accordance with the provisions of Article 32-2 or Article 32-4 and Article 32-4-2 within the scope of not more than 8 hours per day, and also within the scope not exceeding that which is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within the scope of 48 hours per week.