# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3. 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: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号 - English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3) — address `art-12-3` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条の三 art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3 **第一項** 法第三十二条の三第一項（同条第二項及び第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）第四号の厚生労働省令で定める事項は、次に掲げるものとする。 art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1 The matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 32-3, paragraph (1) of the Act (including as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), item (iv) are to be the following. machine translation, not official **一** 標準となる一日の労働時間 art-12-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1/item-1 Standard daily working hours Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 労働者が労働しなければならない時間帯を定める場合には、その時間帯の開始及び終了の時刻 art-12-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1/item-2 If a time period when workers have to work is fixed, the starting and ending times must be specified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 労働者がその選択により労働することができる時間帯に制限を設ける場合には、その時間帯の開始及び終了の時刻 art-12-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1/item-3 If a time period when workers may choose to work or not is limited, the starting and ending times must be specified Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 法第三十二条の三第一項第二号の清算期間が一箇月を超えるものである場合にあつては、同項の協定（労働協約による場合を除き、労使委員会の決議及び労働時間等設定改善委員会の決議を含む。）の有効期間の定め art-12-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1/item-4 If the settlement period referred to in Article 32-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act exceeds one month, provisions on the validity period of the agreement under that paragraph (excluding the case where it is made by a collective agreement, and including a resolution by a labor-management committee and a resolution by a committee on the improvement of working time arrangements) machine translation, not official **第二項** 法第三十二条の三第四項において準用する法第三十二条の二第二項の規定による届出は、様式第三号の三により、所轄労働基準監督署長にしなければならない。 art-12-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-2 The notification under the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32-3, paragraph (4) of the Act must be made to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned using Form No. 3-3. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-12-3/par-1: 法第三十二条の三第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-12-3/par-1: 同条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第二項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (2)), art-32-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-2 - art-12-3/par-1: 第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第三項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (3)), art-32-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-3 - art-12-3/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3), art-12-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3 - art-12-3/par-1: 第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項第四号 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-32-3/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-4 - art-12-3/par-1/item-4: 法第三十二条の三第一項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項第二号 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1/item-2 - art-12-3/par-1/item-4: 同項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-12-3/par-2: 法第三十二条の三第四項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第四項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (4)), art-32-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-4 - art-12-3/par-2: 法第三十二条の二第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の二第二項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (2)), art-32-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-2/par-2 - art-12-3/par-2: 様式第三号の三 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第三号の三 (Form No. 3-3), form-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/form-3-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-003, translated 2026-09-11 - This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10