# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11)

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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
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- Provision: 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11)（検討） — address `suppl-4101-112/art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第十一条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、第三十八条の二の次に二条を加える改正規定（第三十八条の四に係る部分に限る。）の施行後三年を経過した場合において、新法第三十八条の四の規定について、その施行の状況を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-1</sup>
In the case where three years have elapsed after the provisions adding two Articles after Article 38-2 (limited to the part pertaining to Article 38-4) come into effect, the government is to review the provisions of Article 38-4 of the New Act while taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take necessary measures based on the results of that review.
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**第二項**  政府は、新法第百三十三条の厚生労働省令で定める期間が終了するまでの間において、子の養育又は家族の介護を行う労働者の時間外労働の動向、育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）の施行の状況等を勘案し、当該労働者の福祉の増進の観点から、時間外労働が長時間にわたる場合には当該労働者が時間外労働の免除を請求することができる制度に関し検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-2</sup>
Until the end of the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 133 of the New Act, the government is to take into consideration trends in overtime work by workers who are raising children or caring for family members, the status of enforcement of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991), and other circumstances, and, from the standpoint of promoting the welfare of those workers, to review a system under which those workers may request exemption from overtime work in the case where overtime work extends over long hours, and is to take necessary measures based on the results of that review.
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## Cites
- suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-1: 新法第三十八条の四 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の四 (Article 38-4), art-38-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-38-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4
- suppl-4101-112/art-11/par-2: 新法第百三十三条 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 133), suppl-3221-49/art-133 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-133

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-1/par-1

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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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-007, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
