# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十七条 (Article 37) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37. 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37)（時間外、休日及び深夜の割増賃金） — address `art-37` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十七条（時間外、休日及び深夜の割増賃金） — (Premium Wages for Overtime Work, Work on Days Off, and Night Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37 **第一項** 使用者が、第三十三条又は前条第一項の規定により労働時間を延長し、又は休日に労働させた場合においては、その時間又はその日の労働については、通常の労働時間又は労働日の賃金の計算額の二割五分以上五割以下の範囲内でそれぞれ政令で定める率以上の率で計算した割増賃金を支払わなければならない。ただし、当該延長して労働させた時間が一箇月について六十時間を超えた場合においては、その超えた時間の労働については、通常の労働時間の賃金の計算額の五割以上の率で計算した割増賃金を支払わなければならない。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-1 If an employer extends the working hours or has a worker work on a day off pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must pay premium wages for work during those hours or on those days at a rate of at least the rate prescribed by Cabinet Order within the range of not less than 25 percent, and less than 50 percent over the normal wage per working hour or working day; provided, however, that if the number of hours by which an employer has extended the working hours it has an employee work exceeds 60 hours in one month, the employer must pay premium wages for work during hours in excess of those 60 hours at a rate not less than 50 percent over the normal wage per working hour. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System changed by another Act: Article 2, 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) says who the teachers and other educational staff (教育職員) are whom that Act's rules on this Article reach. Article 2(2) of that Act defines educational staff (教育職員) as the principals (heads of kindergartens included), vice-principals (deputy heads of kindergartens included), head teachers (教頭), senior, advanced and chief teachers, teachers, school nurses, nutrition teachers, assistant teachers, assistant school nurses, lecturers (講師; only those who work full time or hold a short-time post under Article 22-4(1) of the Local Public Service Act), lab assistants and dormitory supervisors of public elementary, junior high, compulsory education, high, secondary and special-needs schools and kindergartens (in that Act as in force from 13 May 2026). 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 (1) 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) disapplies this Article, on premium pay for overtime, rest-day and late-night work, to teachers and other educational staff (教育職員) of public schools such as elementary, junior high and high schools, special-needs schools and kindergartens, other than those placed in remedial training (指導改善研修). 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) **第二項** 前項の政令は、労働者の福祉、時間外又は休日の労働の動向その他の事情を考慮して定めるものとする。 art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-2 The Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be established in consideration of the welfare of workers, the trends in overtime work and work on days off, and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 使用者が、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ときはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないとき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、第一項ただし書の規定により割増賃金を支払うべき労働者に対して、当該割増賃金の支払に代えて、通常の労働時間の賃金が支払われる休暇（第三十九条の規定による有給休暇を除く。）を厚生労働省令で定めるところにより与えることを定めた場合において、当該労働者が当該休暇を取得したときは、当該労働者の同項ただし書に規定する時間を超えた時間の労働のうち当該取得した休暇に対応するものとして厚生労働省令で定める時間の労働については、同項ただし書の規定による割増賃金を支払うことを要しない。 art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-3 If, 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, an employer has established that, instead of paying a worker premium wages, it will grant a worker to whom premium wages are to be paid leave pursuant to the provisions of the proviso of paragraph (1) during which the normal wage per working hour will be paid (this excludes paid leave under the provisions of Article 39) pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and that worker takes that leave, the employer is not required to pay premium wages under the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph for work performed during the hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as hours corresponding to the leave the worker has taken for that work in excess of the hours prescribed in the proviso to that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System changed by another Act: Article 58, paragraph (4) of the Local Public Service Act (地方公務員法) lets the employer of local public employees in the regular service (一般職) give paid time off in place of the higher overtime premium without the written agreement with the majority union or majority representative. That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000261 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) changed by another Act: Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5) of the Local Public Enterprise Labor Relationships Act (地方公営企業等の労働関係に関する法律) applies correspondingly, until a separate Act is made, to local public employees in the regular service hired for manual work (単純労務職員) the Local Public Enterprise Act's rule taking enterprise employees out of the Local Public Service Act provision that rewrites this rule, so it applies to them as written. That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/327AC0000000289 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) changed by another Act: Article 39, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Enterprise Act (地方公営企業法) takes employees of local public enterprises (企業職員) out of the Local Public Service Act provision that rewrites this rule for local public employees, so it applies to them as written. That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/327AC0000000292 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) changed by another Act: Article 5, paragraph (1) 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) takes teachers and other educational staff (教育職員) of public schools, other than those placed in remedial training (指導改善研修), out of the Local Public Service Act's rewrite of this rule, because it disapplies the whole of this Article to them. 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 53, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (地方独立行政法人法) takes the staff of specified local incorporated administrative agencies (特定地方独立行政法人) out of the Local Public Service Act provision that rewrites this rule for local public employees, so it applies to them as written. That Act is not in this collection, so nothing of it beyond this note is given — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000118 (note: editorial:outside-changes-2026-10-07) **第四項** 使用者が、午後十時から午前五時まで（厚生労働大臣が必要であると認める場合においては、その定める地域又は期間については午後十一時から午前六時まで）の間において労働させた場合においては、その時間の労働については、通常の労働時間の賃金の計算額の二割五分以上の率で計算した割増賃金を支払わなければならない。 art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-4 If an employer has a worker work between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. (or between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. in the areas or during the times of year that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes, if the minister finds this to be necessary), the employer must pay premium wages for work during those hours, at a rate not less than 25 percent over the normal wage per working hour. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項及び前項の割増賃金の基礎となる賃金には、家族手当、通勤手当その他厚生労働省令で定める賃金は算入しない。 art-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-5 Family allowances, commutation allowances, and other wages prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are not included in the calculation of the wage that forms the basis for the premium wages referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-37/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-37/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-37/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-3: 第三十九条 → 労働基準法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39 - art-37/par-5: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-5: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第四項 (Article 37, paragraph (4)), art-37/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-4 ## Cited by 27 provisions cite this one. 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