# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（年次有給休暇に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3621-99/art-3`
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### 第三条（年次有給休暇に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Annual Paid Leave
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<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際四月一日以外の日が基準日（新法第三十九条第一項に定める継続勤務の期間の終了する日の翌日をいう。以下この条において同じ。）である労働者に係る有給休暇については、この法律の施行の日後の最初の基準日の前日までの間は、新法第三十九条第一項から第三項までの規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to paid leave for a worker whose base date (meaning the day following the day on which the period of continuous service prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (1) of the New Act ends; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is a day other than April 1 at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern until the day before the first base date after the date on which this Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 39, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the New Act.
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**第二項**  新法第百三十三条に規定する事業に使用される労働者であつて昭和六十六年四月一日において継続勤務するもののうち、同日において四月一日以外の日が基準日である労働者に係る有給休暇については、同年四月一日から同日後の最初の基準日の前日までの間は、同月一日前において同条の規定により読み替えて適用する新法第三十九条第一項から第三項までの規定の例による。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2</sup>
With regard to paid leave for a worker who, from among the workers employed in a business prescribed in Article 133 of the New Act who are in continuous service on April 1, 1991, has as the base date as of that day a day other than April 1, from April 1 of that year until the day before the first base date after that day, the provisions of Article 39, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the New Act as applied before the first day of that month with the replacement of terms pursuant to that Article govern.
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**第三項**  前項の規定は、新法第百三十三条に規定する事業に使用される労働者であつて昭和六十九年四月一日において継続勤務するものについて準用する。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a worker who is employed in a business prescribed in Article 133 of the New Act and who is in continuous service on April 1, 1994.
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## Cites
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三十九条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-1
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-3621-99/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三十九条第一項から第三項まで → 労働基準法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-2
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三十九条第一項から第三項まで → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-3
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2: 新法第百三十三条 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 133), suppl-3221-49/art-133 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-133
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2: 新法第三十九条第一項から第三項まで → 労働基準法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-1
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2: 新法第三十九条第一項から第三項まで → 労働基準法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-2
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2: 新法第三十九条第一項から第三項まで → 労働基準法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-3
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-2
- suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3: 新法第百三十三条 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 133), suppl-3221-49/art-133 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-133

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項（年次有給休暇に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第三条第三項（年次有給休暇に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-3/par-3
- 労働基準法 附則第五条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-5/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-6/par-1

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## Sources

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- 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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-004, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
