# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4019-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4019-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4019-1
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## 附　則 平成元年二月一〇日労働省令第一号
<sup>suppl-4019-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4019-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4019-1</sup>

**第一項**  この省令は、平成元年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4019-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4019-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4019-1/par-1</sup>
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 1989.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この省令の施行の日前にされた労働基準法第三十六条の協定（当該協定を更新しようとする旨の協定が施行の日以後にされるものを除く。）を同日以後に同条の規定により届け出る場合には、なお従前の様式によることができる。
<sup>suppl-4019-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4019-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4019-1/par-2</sup>
In the case where an agreement under Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act that was concluded before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (excluding an agreement for which an agreement to renew that agreement is concluded on or after that date) is notified pursuant to the provisions of that Article on or after that date, the form then in force may still be used.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4019-1/par-2: 労働基準法第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36

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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-014, 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