# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号 - English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2) — address `art-12-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条の二 art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-2 **第一項** 使用者は、法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四までの規定により労働者に労働させる場合には、就業規則その他これに準ずるもの又は書面による協定（労使委員会の決議及び労働時間等設定改善委員会の決議を含む。）において、法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四までにおいて規定する期間の起算日を明らかにするものとする。 art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-2/par-1 When an employer causes its workers to work under the conditions pursuant to any of the provisions of Articles 32-2 to 32-4 of the Act, the employer shall clearly indicate the initial date of the period prescribed in Articles 32-2 to 32-4 of the Act in the rules of employment or its equivalent or in a written agreement (including any resolution by a labor-management committee or a resolution by the committee on the improvement of working time arrangements). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、法第三十五条第二項の規定により労働者に休日を与える場合には、就業規則その他これに準ずるものにおいて、四日以上の休日を与えることとする四週間の起算日を明らかにするものとする。 art-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-2/par-2 When an employer gives its workers holidays under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 35 of the Act, the employer shall clearly indicate, in the rules of employment or some other equivalent, the initial date of reckoning for a four-week period in which the employer provides four or more days off. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12-2/par-1: 法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四まで → 労働基準法 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2), art-32-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-2 - art-12-2/par-1: 法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四まで → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三 (Article 32-3), art-32-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3 - art-12-2/par-1: 法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四まで → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三の二 (Article 32-3-2), art-32-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3-2 - art-12-2/par-1: 法第三十二条の二から第三十二条の四まで → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4), art-32-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4 - art-12-2/par-2: 法第三十五条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十五条第二項 (Article 35, paragraph (2)), art-35/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-35/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十五条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-25-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-25-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10 - This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10