# 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-5059-34`
- 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-5059-34
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## 附　則 令和五年三月二九日厚生労働省令第三四号
<sup>suppl-5059-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34</sup>

**第一項**  この省令は、令和六年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5059-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34/par-1</sup>
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 2024.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この省令の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にされた労働基準法第百三十九条第二項、第百四十条第二項及び第百四十二条の規定により読み替えて適用する同法第三十六条の協定（同条第二項第二号の対象期間の初日が施行日以後であるもの及び当該協定を更新しようとする旨の協定が施行日以後にされるものを除く。）を施行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-5059-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34/par-2</sup>
In the case where an agreement under Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act, as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 139, paragraph (2), Article 140, paragraph (2) and Article 142 of that Act, that was concluded before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") (excluding an agreement for which the first day of the applicable period referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) of Article 36 falls on or after the Effective Date, and an agreement for which an agreement to the effect that it is to be renewed is concluded on or after the Effective Date) is notified pursuant to the provisions of Article 36 on or after the Effective Date, the Forms then in force may still be used.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  この省令の施行の際現にあるこの省令による改正前の様式による用紙については、当分の間、これを取り繕って使用することができる。
<sup>suppl-5059-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34/par-3</sup>
Paper forms in accordance with the Forms prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order that actually exist at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect may be used for the time being with corrections made to them.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5059-34/par-2: 労働基準法第百三十九条第二項 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 139, paragraph (2)), suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2
- suppl-5059-34/par-2: 第百四十条第二項 → 労働基準法 附則第百四十条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 140, paragraph (2)), suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2
- suppl-5059-34/par-2: 第百四十二条 → 労働基準法 附則第百四十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 142), suppl-3221-49/art-142 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-142
- suppl-5059-34/par-2: 同法第三十六条 → 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
- suppl-5059-34/par-2: 同条第二項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-36/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-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-020, 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