# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41. 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（労働時間等に関する規定の適用除外） — address `art-41` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41 - 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. --- ### 第四十一条（労働時間等に関する規定の適用除外） — (Workers Exempt from the Application of Provisions on Working Hours, Breaks, and Days Off) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41 **第一項** この章、第六章及び第六章の二で定める労働時間、休憩及び休日に関する規定は、次の各号の一に該当する労働者については適用しない。 art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41/par-1 The provisions prescribed in this Chapter, Chapter VI, and Chapter VI-2 concerning working hours, breaks and days off do not apply to a worker falling under one of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 別表第一第六号（林業を除く。）又は第七号に掲げる事業に従事する者 art-41/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41/par-1/item-1 one engaged in business stated in item (vi) (excluding forestry) or (vii) of Appended Table 1; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事業の種類にかかわらず監督若しくは管理の地位にある者又は機密の事務を取り扱う者 art-41/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41/par-1/item-2 one in a position of supervision or management or of handling confidential affairs, regardless of the type of business; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 監視又は断続的労働に従事する者で、使用者が行政官庁の許可を受けたもの art-41/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-41/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41/par-1/item-3 one engaged in monitoring or in intermittent work, for whom the employer has obtained permission from the relevant government agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-41/par-1/item-1: 別表第一第六号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第六号 (Appended Table 1, item (vi)), appdx-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-6 - art-41/par-1/item-1: 第七号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第七号 (Appended Table 1, item (vii)), appdx-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-7 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2-4/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第三十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-34/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-54/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の八の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-8-2/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 第四十四条第二項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-2 --- ## 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