# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二十四条の六 (Article 24-6)

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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: 第二十四条の六 (Article 24-6) — address `art-24-6`
- 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-24-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6
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### 第二十四条の六
<sup>art-24-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、法第三十九条第七項の規定により労働者に有給休暇を時季を定めることにより与えるに当たつては、あらかじめ、同項の規定により当該有給休暇を与えることを当該労働者に明らかにした上で、その時季について当該労働者の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-24-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6/par-1</sup>
In granting paid leave to a worker by specifying the time thereof under the provisions of paragraph (7) of Article 39 of the Act, an employer must, in advance, make clear to the worker that the paid leave is to be granted under the provisions of that paragraph, and then hear the opinion of the worker regarding the time thereof.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、前項の規定により聴取した意見を尊重するよう努めなければならない。
<sup>art-24-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6/par-2</sup>
An employer must endeavor to respect the opinion heard under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24-6/par-1: 法第三十九条第七項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第七項 (Article 39, paragraph (7)), art-39/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-7
- art-24-6/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の六第一項 (Article 24-6, paragraph (1)), art-24-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-6/par-2

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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-004, translated 2026-09-11
- 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
