# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百三十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 139)

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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
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- Provision: 第百三十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 139) — address `suppl-3221-49/art-139`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第百三十九条
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139</sup>

**第一項**  工作物の建設の事業（災害時における復旧及び復興の事業に限る。）その他これに関連する事業として厚生労働省令で定める事業に関する第三十六条の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条第五項中「時間（第二項第四号に関して協定した時間を含め百時間未満の範囲内に限る。）」とあるのは「時間」と、「同号」とあるのは「第二項第四号」とし、同条第六項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1</sup>
To apply the provisions of Article 36 to a business for constructing structures (limited to projects for recovery and reconstruction after a disaster) and other related business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month, and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month (limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv))" and "that item" in Article 36, paragraph (5) are deemed to be respectively replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per month and the number of hours it may have a worker work on days off per month" and "paragraph (2), item (iv)"; and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、工作物の建設の事業その他これに関連する事業として厚生労働省令で定める事業については、令和六年三月三十一日（同日及びその翌日を含む期間を定めている第三十六条第一項の協定に関しては、当該協定に定める期間の初日から起算して一年を経過する日）までの間、同条第二項第四号中「一箇月及び」とあるのは、「一日を超え三箇月以内の範囲で前項の協定をする使用者及び労働組合若しくは労働者の過半数を代表する者が定める期間並びに」とし、同条第三項から第五項まで及び第六項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, regarding a business which constructs structures or any other business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being related to that business, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period as prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, regarding a business which constructs structures or any other business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being related to that business, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period as prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (iii) through (v) and paragraph (vi) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 同条第五項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項 (Article 36, paragraph (5)), art-36/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 第二項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-36/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 同条第六項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項 (Article 36, paragraph (6)), art-36/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-36/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第三号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-36/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-3
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 139, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-1
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/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
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 同条第二項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-36/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-3
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第四項 (Article 36, paragraph (4)), art-36/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項 (Article 36, paragraph (5)), art-36/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 第六項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項 (Article 36, paragraph (6)), art-36/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-36/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第三号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-36/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-3

## Cited by

7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 附則第百三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-139/par-2
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（時間外及び休日の労働に係る協定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項（中小事業主に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-3/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第十二条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-69/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-70/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of supplementary provisions, written 2026-10-07
- 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), Supplementary Provisions, Article 139, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
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