# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49)

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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: 第四十九条 (Article 49) — address `art-49`
- 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-49
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### 第四十九条
<sup>art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、常時十人以上の労働者を使用するに至つた場合においては、遅滞なく、法第八十九条の規定による就業規則の届出を所轄労働基準監督署長にしなければならない。
<sup>art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49/par-1</sup>
When an employer has come to usually employ ten or more workers, the employer shall submit the rules of employment under the provisions of Article 89 of the Act, to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned without delay.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  法第九十条第二項の規定により前項の届出に添付すべき意見を記した書面は、労働者を代表する者の氏名を記載したものでなければならない。
<sup>art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49/par-2</sup>
The document stating the opinion that is to be attached to the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 90 of the Act must state the name of the person representing the workers.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-49/par-1: 法第八十九条 → 労働基準法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-89 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-49/par-2: 法第九十条第二項 → 労働基準法 第九十条第二項 (Article 90, paragraph (2)), art-90/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-49/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 第四十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49/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-007, 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
