# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5019-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1
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## 附　則 令和元年五月七日厚生労働省令第一号
<sup>suppl-5019-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5019-1/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この省令は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5019-1/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5019-1/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この省令による改正前のそれぞれの省令で定める様式（次項において「旧様式」という。）により使用されている書類は、この省令による改正後のそれぞれの省令で定める様式によるものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-1</sup>
Documents in use in accordance with the Forms prescribed in the respective Ministerial Orders prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order (referred to as the "former Forms" in the following paragraph) are deemed to be documents in accordance with the Forms prescribed in the respective Ministerial Orders as amended by this Ministerial Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  旧様式による用紙については、合理的に必要と認められる範囲内で、当分の間、これを取り繕って使用することができる。
<sup>suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2</sup>
Paper forms in accordance with the Former Forms may, to the extent found to be reasonably necessary, be used for the time being with corrections made to them.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5019-1/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5019-1/art-2/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-020, 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
