# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38. 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（時間計算） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条（時間計算） — (Calculation of Hours Worked) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38 **第一項** 労働時間は、事業場を異にする場合においても、労働時間に関する規定の適用については通算する。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38/par-1 To apply the provisions regarding working hours, hours worked are aggregated, even if the hours worked were at different workplaces. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 坑内労働については、労働者が坑口に入つた時刻から坑口を出た時刻までの時間を、休憩時間を含め労働時間とみなす。但し、この場合においては、第三十四条第二項及び第三項の休憩に関する規定は適用しない。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38/par-2 For underground work, working hours are deemed to be from the time of entering the mouth of the mine until exiting the mouth of the mine, including break times; provided, however, that in this case, the provisions of Article 34, paragraphs (2) and (3) regarding breaks do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-2: 第三十四条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-34/par-2 - art-38/par-2: 第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-34/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24/par-1 --- ## 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