# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第九章 (Chapter 9)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第九章 (Chapter 9) — address `ch-9`
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## 第九章　就業規則 — Chapter IX Rules of Employment
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<sup>ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9</sup>

### 第八十九条（作成及び届出の義務） — (Duty to Prepare and Submit Rules of Employment)
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<sup>art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89</sup>

**第一項**  常時十人以上の労働者を使用する使用者は、次に掲げる事項について就業規則を作成し、行政官庁に届け出なければならない。次に掲げる事項を変更した場合においても、同様とする。
<sup>art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1</sup>
An employer that continuously employs 10 or more workers must prepare rules of employment covering the following particulars and must file those rules with the relevant government agency. The same applies if the employer has altered any of the following particulars:
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  **一**  始業及び終業の時刻、休憩時間、休日、休暇並びに労働者を二組以上に分けて交替に就業させる場合においては就業時転換に関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the particulars of the times at which work commences and ends, break times, days off, and leave periods; and the particulars of shifts, if it has workers work in two or more shifts;
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  **二**  賃金（臨時の賃金等を除く。以下この号において同じ。）の決定、計算及び支払の方法、賃金の締切り及び支払の時期並びに昇給に関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the particulars of the means of determining, calculating, and paying wages (excluding special wages and other wages; the same applies below in this item); the end day of the pay period and payment date for wages; and wage increases;
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  **三**  退職に関する事項（解雇の事由を含む。）
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the particulars of leaving employment (including grounds for dismissal);
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  **三の二**  退職手当の定めをする場合においては、適用される労働者の範囲、退職手当の決定、計算及び支払の方法並びに退職手当の支払の時期に関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-3-2</sup>
  if the rules of employment provide for a retirement allowance or severance pay, the particulars of the range of workers to whom those provisions apply; the means of determining, calculating, and paying that retirement allowance or severance pay; and the payment date for that retirement allowance or severance pay;
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  **四**  臨時の賃金等（退職手当を除く。）及び最低賃金額の定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-4</sup>
  if the rules of employment provide for special wages and other wages (excluding retirement allowance or severance pay) or a minimum wage, the particulars of this;
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  **五**  労働者に食費、作業用品その他の負担をさせる定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-5</sup>
  if the rules of employment include provisions that cause a worker to cover the cost of food, supplies for work, or any other expenses, the particulars of this;
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  **六**  安全及び衛生に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-6</sup>
  if the rules of employment include provisions on safety and health, the particulars of these;
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  **七**  職業訓練に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-7</sup>
  if the rules of employment include provisions on vocational training, the particulars of this;
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  **八**  災害補償及び業務外の傷病扶助に関する定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-8</sup>
  if the rules of employment include provisions on accident compensation and support for non-work-related injury or illness, the particulars of these;
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  **九**  表彰及び制裁の定めをする場合においては、その種類及び程度に関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-9</sup>
  if the rules of employment provide for commendations or sanctions, the particulars concerning their types and level;
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  **十**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、当該事業場の労働者のすべてに適用される定めをする場合においては、これに関する事項
  <sup>art-89/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-10</sup>
  if the rules of employment include provisions that are applicable to all workers at the workplace, beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the particulars of them.
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### 第九十条（作成の手続） — (Procedures for Preparing Rules of Employment)
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<sup>art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-90</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、就業規則の作成又は変更について、当該事業場に、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がある場合においてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がない場合においては労働者の過半数を代表する者の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-90/par-1</sup>
In preparing or altering the rules of employment, the employer must hear the opinions of the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or of a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union.
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**第二項**  使用者は、前条の規定により届出をなすについて、前項の意見を記した書面を添付しなければならない。
<sup>art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-90/par-2</sup>
In filing the rules of employment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the employer must attach a document stating the opinion referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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### 第九十一条（制裁規定の制限） — (Restrictions on Provisions for Sanctions)
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<sup>art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-91</sup>

**第一項**  就業規則で、労働者に対して減給の制裁を定める場合においては、その減給は、一回の額が平均賃金の一日分の半額を超え、総額が一賃金支払期における賃金の総額の十分の一を超えてはならない。
<sup>art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-91/par-1</sup>
If the rules of employment provide for a pay cut as a sanction against a worker, the pay cut amount must not exceed half of one day's average wage per occasion, and the total amount of pay cuts must not exceed one-tenth of the total wages for a single pay period.
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### 第九十二条（法令及び労働協約との関係） — (Relationship of the Rules of Employment to Laws and Regulations and to Collective Agreements)
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<sup>art-92 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-92</sup>

**第一項**  就業規則は、法令又は当該事業場について適用される労働協約に反してはならない。
<sup>art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-92/par-1</sup>
The rules of employment must not violate any laws and regulations or any collective agreement related to the workplace concerned.
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**第二項**  行政官庁は、法令又は労働協約に牴触する就業規則の変更を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-92/par-2</sup>
The relevant government agency may order the alteration of any rules of employment that conflict with laws and regulations or with a collective agreement.
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### 第九十三条（労働契約との関係） — (Relationship of the Rules of Employment to Labor Contracts)
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<sup>art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-93</sup>

**第一項**  労働契約と就業規則との関係については、労働契約法（平成十九年法律第百二十八号）第十二条の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-93/par-1</sup>
The relationship between labor contracts and rules of employment is as provided in Article 12 of the Labor Contract Act (Act No. 128 of 2007).
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## Cites
- art-89/par-1/item-2: この号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第二号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-89/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-2
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第一号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-89/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-1
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第二号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-89/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-2
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第三号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-89/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-3
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第三号の二 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-89/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-3-2
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第四号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-89/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-4
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第五号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-89/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-5
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第六号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-89/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-6
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第七号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-89/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-7
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第八号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-89/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-8
- art-89/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法 第八十九条第一項第九号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-89/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89/par-1/item-9
- art-90/par-2: 前条 → 労働基準法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-89
- art-90/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-9#art-90/par-1
- art-93/par-1: 労働契約法（平成十九年法律第百二十八号）第十二条 → 労働契約法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-12

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