Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2), if an employer has entered into a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, the employer may have a worker work for up to ten hours per day if that worker is employed in a business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in which there is frequent fluctuation in the volume of work, in which, since this is anticipated, it is found to be difficult to fix daily working hours through rules of employment or their equivalent, and in which the number of regular employees is below the number prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
If an employer has a worker work pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the employer must notify the worker in advance of the hours it will have the worker work on each day of the week, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article.
第三十二条の二第二項の規定は、第一項の協定について準用する。
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business
「事業」
A business or office at which people are employed; the unit to which the Labor Standards Act applies.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1)
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