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.
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(Working Hours)
An employer must not have workers work more than 40 hours per week, excluding break time.
使用者は、労働者に、休憩時間を除き一週間について四十時間を超えて、労働させてはならない。
Open this provisionNotwithstanding 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…
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…
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An employer must not have workers work more than 40 hours per week, excluding break time.
使用者は、労働者に、休憩時間を除き一週間について四十時間を超えて、労働させてはならない。
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An employer must not have workers work more than 8 hours per day for each day of the week, excluding break time.
使用者は、一週間の各日については、労働者に、休憩時間を除き一日について八時間を超えて、労働させてはならない。
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「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
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「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