# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三十二条の五 (Article 32-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5. 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 (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: 第三十二条の五 (Article 32-5) — address `art-32-5` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十二条の五 art-32-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5 **第一項** 使用者は、日ごとの業務に著しい繁閑の差が生ずることが多く、かつ、これを予測した上で就業規則その他これに準ずるものにより各日の労働時間を特定することが困難であると認められる厚生労働省令で定める事業であつて、常時使用する労働者の数が厚生労働省令で定める数未満のものに従事する労働者については、当該事業場に、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がある場合においてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がない場合においては労働者の過半数を代表する者との書面による協定があるときは、第三十二条第二項の規定にかかわらず、一日について十時間まで労働させることができる。 art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2), if an employer has entered into a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, the employer may have a worker work for up to ten hours per day if that worker is employed in a business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in which there is frequent fluctuation in the volume of work, in which, since this is anticipated, it is found to be difficult to fix daily working hours through rules of employment or their equivalent, and in which the number of regular employees is below the number prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2), if an employer has entered into a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union, the employer may have a worker work for up to ten hours per day if that worker is employed in a business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in which there is frequent fluctuation in the volume of work, in which, since this is anticipated, it is found to be difficult to fix daily working hours through rules of employment or their equivalent, and in which the number of regular employees is below the number prescribed by Order of the Ministry of the Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb **第二項** 使用者は、前項の規定により労働者に労働させる場合においては、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該労働させる一週間の各日の労働時間を、あらかじめ、当該労働者に通知しなければならない。 art-32-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-2 If an employer has a worker work pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the employer must notify the worker in advance of the hours it will have the worker work on each day of the week, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三十二条の二第二項の規定は、第一項の協定について準用する。 art-32-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-3 The provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-32-5/par-1: 第三十二条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-2 - art-32-5/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の五第一項 (Article 32-5, paragraph (1)), art-32-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-1 - art-32-5/par-3: 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-32-5/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の五第一項 (Article 32-5, paragraph (1)), art-32-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-1 ## Cited by 23 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第三十二条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-2 - 労働基準法 第三十二条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-3 - 労働基準法 第三十三条第一項（災害等による臨時の必要がある場合の時間外労働等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十三条第三項（災害等による臨時の必要がある場合の時間外労働等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-3 - 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項（時間外及び休日の労働） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1 - 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-5 - 労働基準法 第四十条第一項（労働時間及び休憩の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-40/par-1 - 労働基準法 第六十条第一項（労働時間及び休日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-1 - 労働基準法 第六十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66/par-1 - 労働基準法 第百六条第一項（法令等の周知義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-1 - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-2 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-3 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第六項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-6 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-5/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-5/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-5/par-3 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-5/par-4 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の五第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-5/par-5 - 労働基準法施行規則 第十二条の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-12-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-12-6/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十五条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-25-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-25-2/par-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-05 - 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 (労働基準法), Article 32-5, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), 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