# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4) — address `art-32-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4 - 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). 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That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000077 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) changed by another Act: Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Salaries and Other Conditions for Education Personnel of Public Compulsory Education Schools, etc. (公立の義務教育諸学校等の教育職員の給与等に関する特別措置法) applies this Article, which the Local Public Service Act disapplies to local public employees, to teachers and other educational staff (教育職員) of public schools placed in remedial training (指導改善研修), where a local ordinance (条例) specially provides the matters it lists, in place of the written agreement. That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000077 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) **一** この条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-32-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-1 the range of workers whom the employer may have work for the working hours under this Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 対象期間（その期間を平均し一週間当たりの労働時間が四十時間を超えない範囲内において労働させる期間をいい、一箇月を超え一年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-32-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 the applicable 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 40 hours, and is limited to one that exceeds one month and is no longer than 1 year in length; the same applies below in this Article and the following Article); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 特定期間（対象期間中の特に業務が繁忙な期間をいう。第三項において同じ。） art-32-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-3 specified periods (meaning periods falling during an applicable period when work is particularly busy; the same applies in paragraph (3)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 対象期間における労働日及び当該労働日ごとの労働時間（対象期間を一箇月以上の期間ごとに区分することとした場合においては、当該区分による各期間のうち当該対象期間の初日の属する期間（以下この条において「最初の期間」という。）における労働日及び当該労働日ごとの労働時間並びに当該最初の期間を除く各期間における労働日数及び総労働時間） art-32-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 working days in the applicable period and working hours for each of those working days (or, if it has been decided to divide the applicable period into sub-periods of one month or longer, the working days in whichever of the sub-periods arising from the division includes the first day of the applicable period (referred to as the "initial sub-period" below in this Article), the working hours on each of those working days, and the number of working days and total working hours in each sub-period excluding the initial sub-period); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-32-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-5 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** 使用者は、前項の協定で同項第四号の区分をし当該区分による各期間のうち最初の期間を除く各期間における労働日数及び総労働時間を定めたときは、当該各期間の初日の少なくとも三十日前に、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同意を得て、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該労働日数を超えない範囲内において当該各期間における労働日及び当該総労働時間を超えない範囲内において当該各期間における労働日ごとの労働時間を定めなければならない。 art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-2 If, in the written agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, the employer has divided the applicable period as provided for in item (iv) of that paragraph, and established the number of working days and total working hours for each sub-period excluding the initial sub-period, the employer, no later than 30 days before the first day of each sub-period, with the consent 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, and pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must establish the working days in that sub-period within a range that does not exceed the established number of working days and must establish the working hours for each working day within a range that does not exceed those established total working hours. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、労働政策審議会の意見を聴いて、厚生労働省令で、対象期間における労働日数の限度並びに一日及び一週間の労働時間の限度並びに対象期間（第一項の協定で特定期間として定められた期間を除く。）及び同項の協定で特定期間として定められた期間における連続して労働させる日数の限度を定めることができる。 art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-3 After hearing the opinions of the Labor Policy Council, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may establish a limit to the number of working days in an applicable period, a limit to the daily and weekly working hours in an applicable period, or a limit to the number of consecutive days within an applicable period (excluding periods established as a specified period in a written agreement referred to in paragraph (1)) or within a period that a written agreement referred to in that paragraph has established as a specified period, during which the employer may have a worker work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第三十二条の二第二項の規定は、第一項の協定について準用する。 art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-4 The provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-32-4/par-1: 第三十二条 → 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-32-4/par-1: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第二号 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 - art-32-4/par-1: 次項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第二項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (2)), art-32-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-2 - art-32-4/par-1: 同条第一項 → 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-32-4/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-32-4/par-1/item-1: この条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4), art-32-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4 - art-32-4/par-1/item-2: この条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4), art-32-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4 - art-32-4/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四の二 (Article 32-4-2), art-32-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4-2 - art-32-4/par-1/item-3: 第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第三項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (3)), art-32-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-3 - art-32-4/par-1/item-4: この条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4), art-32-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4 - art-32-4/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 - art-32-4/par-2: 同項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第四号 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-32-4/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 - art-32-4/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 - art-32-4/par-4: 第三十二条の二第二項 → 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-32-4/par-4: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 ## Cited by 42 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-3 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-4 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-2 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-3 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-4 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の四の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4-2/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十三条第一項（災害等による臨時の必要がある場合の時間外労働等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十三条第三項（災害等による臨時の必要がある場合の時間外労働等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-3 - 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項（時間外及び休日の労働） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十六条第四項（時間外及び休日の労働） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-4 - 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項（時間外及び休日の労働） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5 - 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