# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第九十条 (Article 90)

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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
- 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: 第九十条 (Article 90)（作成の手続） — address `art-90`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90
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### 第九十条（作成の手続） — (Procedures for Preparing Rules of Employment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-90</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、就業規則の作成又は変更について、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場合においてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がない場合においては労働者の過半数を代表する者の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-90/par-1</sup>
In preparing or altering the rules of employment, the employer must hear the opinions of the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or of a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、前条の規定により届出をなすについて、前項の意見を記した書面を添付しなければならない。
<sup>art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-90/par-2</sup>
In filing the rules of employment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the employer must attach a document stating the opinion referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-90/par-2: 前条 → 労働基準法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-89
- art-90/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-90/par-1

## Cited by

7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 第九十条第二項（作成の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-90/par-2
- 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 第六条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 第四十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-49/par-2
- 労働契約法 第十一条第一項（就業規則の変更に係る手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-11/par-1
- 労働契約法 第二十条第二項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-20/par-2

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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
