Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if an employer has provided for, in a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at the workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, or pursuant to rules of employment or the equivalent of them, that the average weekly working hours over the course of a fixed period of not more than one month will not exceed the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the employer, as established, may have a worker work in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in a specified week or weeks and may have a worker work in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article on a specified day or days.
An employer must notify the relevant government agency of the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
使用者は、当該事業場に、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がある場合においてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がない場合においては労働者の過半数を代表する者との書面による協定により、又は就業規則その他これに準ずるものにより…