# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第十七条 (Article 17)

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- 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: 第十七条 (Article 17) — address `art-17`
- 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-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17
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### 第十七条
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  法第三十六条第二項第五号の厚生労働省令で定める事項は、次に掲げるものとする。ただし、第四号から第七号までの事項については、同条第一項の協定に同条第五項に規定する事項に関する定めをしない場合においては、この限りでない。
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1</sup>
The matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Act are to be the following; provided, however, that this does not apply to the matters in items (iv) through (vii) in the case where the agreement under paragraph (1) of that Article does not establish provisions concerning the matters prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  法第三十六条第一項の協定（労働協約による場合を除く。）の有効期間の定め
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-1</sup>
Provisions on the validity period of the agreement under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding the case where it is made by a collective agreement)
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**二**  法第三十六条第二項第四号の一年の起算日
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-2</sup>
The starting date of the one year referred to in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Act
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**三**  法第三十六条第六項第二号及び第三号に定める要件を満たすこと。
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-3</sup>
That the requirements prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (6), items (ii) and (iii) of the Act are satisfied.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**四**  法第三十六条第三項の限度時間（以下この項において「限度時間」という。）を超えて労働させることができる場合
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-4</sup>
The cases where workers may be made to work in excess of the off-hours maximum referred to in Article 36, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "off-hours maximum" in this paragraph)
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**五**  限度時間を超えて労働させる労働者に対する健康及び福祉を確保するための措置
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-5</sup>
Measures to ensure the health and welfare of workers who are made to work in excess of the off-hours maximum
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**六**  限度時間を超えた労働に係る割増賃金の率
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-6</sup>
The rate of premium wages for work in excess of the off-hours maximum
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**七**  限度時間を超えて労働させる場合における手続
<sup>art-17/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-7</sup>
The procedures in the case where workers are made to work in excess of the off-hours maximum
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、前項第五号に掲げる措置の実施状況に関する記録を同項第一号の有効期間中及び当該有効期間の満了後五年間保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-2</sup>
An employer must preserve records concerning the status of implementation of the measures set forth in item (v) of the preceding paragraph during the validity period referred to in item (i) of that paragraph and for five years after the expiration of that validity period.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定は、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について準用する。
<sup>art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution by a labor-management committee and a resolution by a committee on the improvement of working time arrangements.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-17/par-1: 法第三十六条第二項第五号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第五号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-36/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-5
- art-17/par-1: 第四号から第七号まで → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第四号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-17/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-4
- art-17/par-1: 第四号から第七号まで → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第五号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-17/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-5
- art-17/par-1: 第四号から第七号まで → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第六号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-17/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-6
- art-17/par-1: 第四号から第七号まで → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第七号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-17/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-7
- art-17/par-1: 同条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1
- art-17/par-1: 同条第五項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項 (Article 36, paragraph (5)), art-36/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5
- art-17/par-1/item-1: 法第三十六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1
- art-17/par-1/item-2: 法第三十六条第二項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-36/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-4
- art-17/par-1/item-3: 法第三十六条第六項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-36/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-2
- art-17/par-1/item-3: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第三号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-36/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-3
- art-17/par-1/item-4: 法第三十六条第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-3
- art-17/par-1/item-4: この項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1
- art-17/par-2: 前項第五号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第五号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-17/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-5
- art-17/par-2: 同項第一号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-1
- art-17/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-2

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-1/item-4
- 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-3
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十九条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十九条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-71/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3539-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3539-43/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3

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## 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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-003, translated 2026-09-11
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-20260918T121515-001, translated 2026-09-18
- 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
