Chapter IX Rules of Employment
第九章 就業規則
Article 89Duty to Prepare and Submit Rules of Employment
第八十九条（作成及び届出の義務）
the particulars of the times at which work commences and ends, break times, days off, and leave periods; and the particulars of shifts, if it has workers work in two or more shifts;
始業及び終業の時刻、休憩時間、休日、休暇並びに労働者を二組以上に分けて交替に就業させる場合においては就業時転換に関する事項
the particulars of the means of determining, calculating, and paying wages (excluding special wages and other wages; the same applies below in this item); the end day of the pay period and payment date for wages; and wage increases;
the particulars of leaving employment (including grounds for dismissal);
退職に関する事項（解雇の事由を含む。）
if the rules of employment provide for a retirement allowance or severance pay, the particulars of the range of workers to whom those provisions apply; the means of determining, calculating, and paying that retirement allowance or severance pay; and the payment date for that retirement allowance or severance pay;
退職手当の定めをする場合においては、適用される労働者の範囲、退職手当の決定、計算及び支払の方法並びに退職手当の支払の時期に関する事項
if the rules of employment provide for special wages and other wages (excluding retirement allowance or severance pay) or a minimum wage, the particulars of this;
臨時の賃金等（退職手当を除く。）及び最低賃金額の定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
if the rules of employment include provisions that cause a worker to cover the cost of food, supplies for work, or any other expenses, the particulars of this;
労働者に食費、作業用品その他の負担をさせる定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
if the rules of employment include provisions on safety and health, the particulars of these;
安全及び衛生に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
if the rules of employment include provisions on vocational training, the particulars of this;
職業訓練に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
if the rules of employment include provisions on accident compensation and support for non-work-related injury or illness, the particulars of these;
災害補償及び業務外の傷病扶助に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
if the rules of employment provide for commendations or sanctions, the particulars concerning their types and level;
表彰及び制裁の定めをする場合においては、その種類及び程度に関する事項
if the rules of employment include provisions that are applicable to all workers at the workplace, beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the particulars of them.
In filing the rules of employment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the employer must attach a document stating the opinion referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 91Restrictions on Provisions for Sanctions
第九十一条（制裁規定の制限）
If the rules of employment provide for a pay cut as a sanction against a worker, the pay cut amount must not exceed half of one day's average wage per occasion, and the total amount of pay cuts must not exceed one-tenth of the total wages for a single pay period.
第九十二条（法令及び労働協約との関係）
The rules of employment must not violate any laws and regulations or any collective agreement related to the workplace concerned.
就業規則は、法令又は当該事業場について適用される労働協約に反してはならない。
The relevant government agency may order the alteration of any rules of employment that conflict with laws and regulations or with a collective agreement.
行政官庁は、法令又は労働協約に牴触する就業規則の変更を命ずることができる。
The relationship between labor contracts and rules of employment is as provided in Article 12 of the Labor Contract Act (Act No. 128 of 2007).
労働契約と就業規則との関係については、労働契約法（平成十九年法律第百二十八号）第十二条の定めるところによる。
worker
「労働者」
A person employed at a business or office and paid wages, whatever the kind of job.
Defined inArticle 9, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
employermachine translation
「使用者」
The business owner, its managers, and anyone else acting for the owner in matters concerning its workers.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
wagemachine translation
「賃金」
Everything an employer pays a worker in return for work, whatever it is called: wages, salary, allowances or bonuses.
Defined inArticle 11, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
average wagemachine translation
「平均賃金」
Wages paid in the three months before the triggering event divided by the calendar days in that period, used to compute statutory payments.
Defined inArticle 12, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
special wages and other wages
「臨時の賃金等」
Wages paid on an ad hoc basis, bonuses, and other similar wages that an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令) specifies, which do not have to be paid at least once a month on a fixed date as other wages do.
Short name set inArticle 24, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 89