# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十二条の四の二 (Article 32-4-2)

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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: 第三十二条の四の二 (Article 32-4-2) — address `art-32-4-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第三十二条の四の二
<sup>art-32-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4-2</sup>

**第一項**  使用者が、対象期間中の前条の規定により労働させた期間が当該対象期間より短い労働者について、当該労働させた期間を平均し一週間当たり四十時間を超えて労働させた場合においては、その超えた時間（第三十三条又は第三十六条第一項の規定により延長し、又は休日に労働させた時間を除く。）の労働については、第三十七条の規定の例により割増賃金を支払わなければならない。
<sup>art-32-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4-2/par-1</sup>
If the period during which an employer, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, has had a worker work falls within, but is shorter than, the applicable period, and during that period, the employer has had that worker work an average of more than 40 hours per week, the employer must pay the worker premium wages for time worked in excess of the 40-hour-per-week average (excluding the time by which the employer has extended the working hours or the time that the employer has had the worker work on a day off, pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 or Article 36, paragraph (1)) as provided for in Article 37.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32-4-2/par-1: 前条 → 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-32-4-2/par-1: 第三十三条 → 労働基準法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33
- art-32-4-2/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1
- art-32-4-2/par-1: 第三十七条 → 労働基準法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37

## Cited by

8 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 第四十条第一項（労働時間及び休憩の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-40/par-1
- 労働基準法 第六十条第一項（労働時間及び休日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-1
- 労働基準法 第六十条第三項第二号（労働時間及び休日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-3/item-2
- 労働基準法 附則第七条第一項（年少者の労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
