法第七十一条の規定による許可を受けた使用者が行う職業訓練を受ける労働者（以下「訓練生」という。）に係る労働契約の期間は、当該訓練生が受ける職業訓練の訓練課程に応じ職業能力開発促進法施行規則（昭和四十四年労働省令第二十四号）第十条第一項第四号、第十二条第一項第四号又は第十四条第一項第四号の訓練期間（同規則第二十一条又は職業訓練法施行規則の一部を改正する省令（昭和五十三年労働省令第三十七号。以下「昭和五十三年改正訓練規則」という。）附則第二条第二項の規定により訓練期間を短縮する場合においてはその短縮した期間を控除した期間とする。）の範囲内で定めることができる。この場合、当該事業場において定められた訓練期間を超えてはならない。
The period of a labor contract with a worker who receives vocational training (hereinafter referred to as "trainee") from an employer who has obtained the permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 71 of the Act may be set according to the training course of the vocational training the trainee receives within the period prescribed by item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 10, item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 12 or item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 14 of Ordinance for Enforcement of the Vocational Ability Development and Promotion Act (Order of the Ministry of Labour No. 24 of 1969) (in the case where the training period is reduced under the provisions of Article 21 of the same Ordinance or paragraph (2) of Article 2 of the supplementary provisions of Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor for Making a Partial Revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Vocational Training Act (Order of the Ministry of Labour No. 37 of 1978; hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Amended Training Rules"), the reduced period shall be deducted). In this case, the training period prescribed by the workplace shall not be exceeded.