# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21)

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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
- Kind: Act — 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21) — address `art-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21
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### 第二十一条
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定は、左の各号の一に該当する労働者については適用しない。但し、第一号に該当する者が一箇月を超えて引き続き使用されるに至つた場合、第二号若しくは第三号に該当する者が所定の期間を超えて引き続き使用されるに至つた場合又は第四号に該当する者が十四日を超えて引き続き使用されるに至つた場合においては、この限りでない。
<sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the preceding Article do not apply to a worker falling under one of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person falling under item (i) has been employed continuously for a period of more than one month, if a person falling under either item (ii) or (iii) has been employed continuously for more than the period referred to in the relevant item, or if a person falling under item (iv) has been employed continuously for a period of more than 14 days:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  日日雇い入れられる者
  <sup>art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person hired on a day-to-day basis;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  二箇月以内の期間を定めて使用される者
  <sup>art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person employed for a fixed period of 2 months or less;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  季節的業務に四箇月以内の期間を定めて使用される者
  <sup>art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person employed in seasonal work for a fixed period of 4 months or less;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  試の使用期間中の者
  <sup>art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person who is subject to a probationary period.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-21/par-1: 前条 → 労働基準法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20
- art-21/par-1: 第一号 → 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項第一号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-21/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-1
- art-21/par-1: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項第二号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-21/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-2
- art-21/par-1: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項第三号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-21/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-3
- art-21/par-1: 第四号 → 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項第四号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-21/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1/item-4

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/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
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27