# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二十四条の二 (Article 24-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2. 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: 第二十四条の二 (Article 24-2) — address `art-24-2` - 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-24-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2 - 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). 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. --- ### 第二十四条の二 art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2 **第一項** 法第三十八条の二第一項の規定は、法第四章の労働時間に関する規定の適用に係る労働時間の算定について適用する。 art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-1 The provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 38-2 of the Act shall apply to the calculation of working hours in the application of the provisions concerning working hours under Chapter 4 of the Act . Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法第三十八条の二第二項の協定（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。）には、有効期間の定めをするものとする。 art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-2 An agreement under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 38-2 of the Act (excluding the case where it is by way of collective agreement and including a resolution of a labor-management and resolution of a committee on the improvement of working time arrangements) shall set forth a validity period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 法第三十八条の二第三項の規定による届出は、様式第十二号により、所轄労働基準監督署長にしなければならない。ただし、同条第二項の協定で定める時間が法第三十二条又は第四十条に規定する労働時間以下である場合には、当該協定を届け出ることを要しない。 art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-3 A notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 38-2 of the Act must be given to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned according to Form No. 12. When the working hours stipulated in an agreement under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the said Article do not exceed the working hours prescribed in the provisions of Article 32 or 40 of the Act, such an agreement does not need to be notified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 使用者は、法第三十八条の二第二項の協定の内容を法第三十六条第一項の規定による届出（労使委員会の決議の届出及び労働時間等設定改善委員会の決議の届出を除く。）に付記して所轄労働基準監督署長に届け出ることによつて、前項の届出に代えることができる。 art-24-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-4 An employer may give notification to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned of the contents of an agreement referred to in the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 38-2 of the Act by including the said contents in the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 36 of the Act (except notification of resolution of a labor-management and resolution of a committee on the improvement of working time arrangements) instead of giving the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24-2/par-1: 法第三十八条の二第一項 → 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-1 - art-24-2/par-2: 法第三十八条の二第二項 → 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 - art-24-2/par-3: 法第三十八条の二第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第三項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (3)), art-38-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-3 - art-24-2/par-3: 様式第十二号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第十二号 (Form No. 12), form-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/form-12 - art-24-2/par-3: 同条第二項 → 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 - art-24-2/par-3: 法第三十二条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32 - art-24-2/par-3: 第四十条 → 労働基準法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-40 - art-24-2/par-4: 法第三十八条の二第二項 → 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 - art-24-2/par-4: 法第三十六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1 - art-24-2/par-4: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第三項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (3)), art-24-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2/par-4 --- ## 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 - 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