# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2. 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: 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2) — address `art-38-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2 - 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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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十八条の二 art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2 **第一項** 労働者が労働時間の全部又は一部について事業場外で業務に従事した場合において、労働時間を算定し難いときは、所定労働時間労働したものとみなす。ただし、当該業務を遂行するためには通常所定労働時間を超えて労働することが必要となる場合においては、当該業務に関しては、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該業務の遂行に通常必要とされる時間労働したものとみなす。 art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-1 If a worker engages in work outside of the workplace during all or part of their working hours and it is difficult to calculate those working hours, the number of hours worked is deemed to be the prescribed working hours; provided, however, that if it would normally be necessary to work in excess of the prescribed working hours in order to carry out that work, the worker is deemed to have worked for the number of hours that would normally be necessary to carry out that work, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書の場合において、当該業務に関し、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があるときは、その協定で定める時間を同項ただし書の当該業務の遂行に通常必要とされる時間とする。 art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 In a case referred to in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, if the employer has concluded a written agreement concerning the work in question 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 number of hours specified in that agreement is used as the number of hours that would normally be necessary to carry out the work referred to in the proviso to that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 使用者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、前項の協定を行政官庁に届け出なければならない。 art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-3 An employer must file the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph with the relevant government agency pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 - 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-3 - 労働基準法 第三十八条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-3/par-2 - 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-5 - 労働基準法 第百六条第一項（法令等の周知義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-1 - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-3 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-4 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2-2/par-4 - 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-39/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-39/art-3/par-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第五項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-5 --- ## 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