# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第六十六条 (Article 66) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66. 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66) — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条 art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66 **第一項** 使用者は、妊産婦が請求した場合においては、第三十二条の二第一項、第三十二条の四第一項及び第三十二条の五第一項の規定にかかわらず、一週間について第三十二条第一項の労働時間、一日について同条第二項の労働時間を超えて労働させてはならない。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1), Article 32-4, paragraph (1), and Article 32-5, paragraph (1), if an expectant or postnatal mother so requests, the employer must not have her work in excess of the working hours referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) per week or in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article per day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、妊産婦が請求した場合においては、第三十三条第一項及び第三項並びに第三十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、時間外労働をさせてはならず、又は休日に労働させてはならない。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (3), and Article 36, paragraph (1), if an expectant or postnatal mother so requests, the employer must not have her work overtime or on days off. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 使用者は、妊産婦が請求した場合においては、深夜業をさせてはならない。 art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66/par-3 If an expectant or postnatal mother so requests, the employer must not have her work at night. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66/par-1: 第三十二条の二第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の二第一項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (1)), art-32-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-2/par-1 - art-66/par-1: 第三十二条の四第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 - art-66/par-1: 第三十二条の五第一項 → 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 - art-66/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - art-66/par-1: 同条第二項 → 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-66/par-2: 第三十三条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-1 - art-66/par-2: 第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-3 - art-66/par-2: 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 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-1 - 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-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2 - 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 附則第二条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-2 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第二項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-2 - 少年法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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