# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二十四条の三 (Article 24-3)

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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: 第二十四条の三 (Article 24-3) — address `art-24-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二十四条の三
<sup>art-24-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3</sup>

**第一項**  法第三十九条第三項の厚生労働省令で定める時間は、三十時間とする。
<sup>art-24-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3/par-1</sup>
The hours prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (3) of Article 39 of the Act shall be 30 hours.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  法第三十九条第三項の通常の労働者の一週間の所定労働日数として厚生労働省令で定める日数は、五・二日とする。
<sup>art-24-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3/par-2</sup>
The number of days stipulated by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as the prescribed working days in a week for ordinary workers under paragraph (3) of Article 39 of the Act shall be 5.2 days.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  法第三十九条第三項の通常の労働者の一週間の所定労働日数として厚生労働省令で定める日数と当該労働者の一週間の所定労働日数又は一週間当たりの平均所定労働日数との比率を考慮して厚生労働省令で定める日数は、同項第一号に掲げる労働者にあつては次の表の上欄の週所定労働日数の区分に応じ、同項第二号に掲げる労働者にあつては同表の中欄の一年間の所定労働日数の区分に応じて、それぞれ同表の下欄に雇入れの日から起算した継続勤務期間の区分ごとに定める日数とする。
週所定労働日数	一年間の所定労働日数	雇入れの日から起算した継続勤務期間
六箇月	一年六箇月	二年六箇月	三年六箇月	四年六箇月	五年六箇月	六年六箇月以上
四日	百六十九日から二百十六日まで	七日	八日	九日	十日	十二日	十三日	十五日
三日	百二十一日から百六十八日まで	五日	六日	六日	八日	九日	十日	十一日
二日	七十三日から百二十日まで	三日	四日	四日	五日	六日	六日	七日
一日	四十八日から七十二日まで	一日	二日	二日	二日	三日	三日	三日
<sup>art-24-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3/par-3</sup>
The number of days prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with due consideration for the ratio of the number of days prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as the prescribed working days in a week for ordinary workers and either the number of prescribed weekly working days for the workers concerned or the average number of prescribed working days per week for the workers concerned ,under paragraph (3) of Article 39 of the Act, given to the worker according to the worker's prescribed weekly working days listed (in the left columns) in the following table in case the worker falls set forth in item (i) of the same paragraph or according to the worker's prescribed yearly working days listed (in the middle columns) in the following table in case the worker falls under item (ii) of the same paragraph, shall be the number of days listed (in the right columns) in the following table according to the worker's continuous service years counting from the employment day.
Prescribed weekly working days	Prescribed working days for one year	Continuous years of service counting from the employment day
		6 months	1.5 years	2.5 years	3.5 years	4.5 years	5.5 years	6.5 years or more
4 days	169 to 216 days	7 days	8 days	9 days	10 days	12 days	13 days	15 days
3 days	121 to 168 days	5 days	6 days	6 days	8 days	9 days	10 days	11 days
2 days	73 to 120 days	3 days	4 days	4 days	5 days	6 days	6 days	7 days
1 day	48 to 72 days	1 day	2 days	2 days	2 days	3 days	3 days	3 days
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  法第三十九条第三項第一号の厚生労働省令で定める日数は、四日とする。
<sup>art-24-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3/par-4</sup>
The number of days prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under item (i) of paragraph (3) of Article 39 of the Act shall be 4 days.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  法第三十九条第三項第二号の厚生労働省令で定める日数は、二百十六日とする。
<sup>art-24-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-3/par-5</sup>
The number of days prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under item (ii) of paragraph (3) of Article 39 of the Act shall be 216 days.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24-3/par-1: 法第三十九条第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-2: 法第三十九条第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-3: 法第三十九条第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-3: 同項第一号 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項第一号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-39/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-3: 同項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項第二号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-39/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3/item-2 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-4: 法第三十九条第三項第一号 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項第一号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-39/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-24-3/par-5: 法第三十九条第三項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項第二号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-39/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3/item-2 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3629-31/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第二項（暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3629-31/art-2/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4069-1/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4099-4/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4099-4/art-2/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4099-4/art-3/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-4/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-4/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-5/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4129-49/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4129-49/art-3/par-1

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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
- 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
