# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第三十八条の八 (Article 38-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-8. 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: 第三十八条の八 (Article 38-8) — address `art-38-8` - 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-38-8 - e-Gov law ID: 322M40000100023 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第三十八条の八 art-38-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-8 **第一項** 常時百人未満の労働者を使用する事業場の属する産業が毎月勤労統計に掲げる産業分類にない場合における休業補償の額の算定については、平均賃金の百分の六十（当該事業場が、当該休業補償について、常時百人以上の労働者を使用するものとしてその額の改訂をしたことがあるものである場合又は毎月勤労統計によりその額の改訂をしたことがあるものである場合にあつては、当該改訂に係る休業補償の額）に告示で定める率を乗ずるものとする。 art-38-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-8/par-1 If the industry to which a workplace usually employing less than 100 workers belongs is not included in the industry classification listed in the Monthly Labor Survey, the amount of compensation for absence from work shall be calculated by multiplying 60 percent of the amount of average wages (or the adjusted amount, if a workplace has ever adjusted the amount of compensation for absence from work as a workplace usually employing100 workers or more, or according to Monthly Labor Survey ) by the rate prescribed by public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 日日雇い入れられる者の休業補償の額の算定については、平均賃金の百分の六十に告示で定める率を乗ずるものとする。 art-38-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-8/par-2 With regard to workers who are employed on a daily basis, an amount of compensation for absence from work shall be calculated by multiplying 60 percent of the amount of average wages by the rate prescribed by public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第三十八条の九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-9/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第三十八条の十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-10/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 - 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