# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十二条の三 (Article 32-3) - 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 - Kind: Act — 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: 第三十二条の三 (Article 32-3) — address `art-32-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十二条の三 art-32-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3 **第一項** 使用者は、就業規則その他これに準ずるものにより、その労働者に係る始業及び終業の時刻をその労働者の決定に委ねることとした労働者については、当該事業場の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との書面による協定により、次に掲げる事項を定めたときは、その協定で第二号の清算期間として定められた期間を平均し一週間当たりの労働時間が第三十二条第一項の労働時間を超えない範囲内において、同条の規定にかかわらず、一週間において同項の労働時間又は一日において同条第二項の労働時間を超えて、労働させることができる。 art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, if an employer has provided for the following particulars in a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, the employer may have a worker whose start and end times are left up to that worker pursuant to rules of employment or the equivalent, work in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article in one week, and may have that worker work in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article in one day, within a range that does not cause the weekly average working hours during the period that has been provided for in that agreement as the settlement period referred to in item (ii) of this Article to exceed the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** この項の規定による労働時間により労働させることができることとされる労働者の範囲 art-32-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-1 the range of workers whom the employer may have work for the working hours under the provisions of this paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 清算期間（その期間を平均し一週間当たりの労働時間が第三十二条第一項の労働時間を超えない範囲内において労働させる期間をいい、三箇月以内の期間に限るものとする。以下この条及び次条において同じ。） art-32-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 the settlement period (this means the period during which the employer may have a worker work within a range that does not cause the weekly average working hours to exceed the working hours referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), and is limited to being not more than 3 months in length; the same applies below in this Article and the following Article); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 清算期間における総労働時間 art-32-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-3 the total working hours in the settlement period; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-32-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-4 other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算期間が一箇月を超えるものである場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項各号列記以外の部分中「労働時間を超えない」とあるのは「労働時間を超えず、かつ、当該清算期間をその開始の日以後一箇月ごとに区分した各期間（最後に一箇月未満の期間を生じたときは、当該期間。以下この項において同じ。）ごとに当該各期間を平均し一週間当たりの労働時間が五十時間を超えない」と、「同項」とあるのは「同条第一項」とする。 art-32-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-2 To apply the provisions of the preceding paragraph if the settlement period exceeds one month in length, in the parts of that paragraph other than the items, the phrase "to exceed the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "to exceed the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article, and does not cause the weekly average working hours in each of the one-month periods into which that settlement period has been divided beginning on the first day of the settlement period (including the last of the periods into which it has been divided, even if it is shorter than one month; the same applies below in this paragraph) to exceed 50 hours"; and the phrase "paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) of Article 32". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 一週間の所定労働日数が五日の労働者について第一項の規定により労働させる場合における同項の規定の適用については、同項各号列記以外の部分（前項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）中「第三十二条第一項の労働時間」とあるのは「第三十二条第一項の労働時間（当該事業場の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との書面による協定により、労働時間の限度について、当該清算期間における所定労働日数を同条第二項の労働時間に乗じて得た時間とする旨を定めたときは、当該清算期間における日数を七で除して得た数をもつてその時間を除して得た時間）」と、「同項」とあるのは「同条第一項」とする。 art-32-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-3 To apply the provisions of paragraph (1) if an employer has a worker whose number of prescribed weekly working days is five days, and the employer have the worker work pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, in the parts of that paragraph other than the items (including as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph), the phrase "the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the working hours referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article (or, if the employer, in a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, has provided for that the number of working hours is limited to the number of hours arrived at when the number of prescribed working days during the settlement period is multiplied by the number of working hours referred to in Article 32, paragraph (2), the number of hours arrived at when the number so calculated is divided by the quotient arrived at when the number of days in the settlement period is divided by seven)", and the phrase "paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with " paragraph (1) of that Article". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第二項の規定は、第一項各号に掲げる事項を定めた協定について準用する。ただし、清算期間が一箇月以内のものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-32-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an agreement providing for the particulars stated in the items of paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if the settlement period is one month or shorter in length. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-32-3/par-1: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項第二号 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 - art-32-3/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - art-32-3/par-1: 同条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32 - art-32-3/par-1: 同条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-2 - art-32-3/par-1/item-1: この項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-32-3/par-1/item-2: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - art-32-3/par-1/item-2: この条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三 (Article 32-3), art-32-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3 - art-32-3/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三の二 (Article 32-3-2), art-32-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3-2 - art-32-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-32-3/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-32-3/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第二項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (2)), art-32-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-2 - art-32-3/par-3: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - art-32-3/par-3: 同条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-2 - art-32-3/par-4: 前条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の二第二項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (2)), art-32-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-2/par-2 - art-32-3/par-4: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 ## Cited by 27 provisions cite this one. 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