Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act
労働者災害補償保険法
Contents
Read it chapter by chapter; the first chapter follows below. Or read the whole law on one page.
- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–5 · 6
- Chapter II Establishment and Extinguishment of Relationships between the Insured Businesses and the Workers' Accident Insurance第二章 保険関係の成立及び消滅Article 6
- Chapter III Payment of Insurance Proceeds第三章 保険給付Articles 7–28 · 59
- Chapter III-2 Projects to Promote Social Reintegration of Workers into Society第三章の二 社会復帰促進等事業Article 29
- Chapter IV Bearing of Costs第四章 費用の負担Articles 30–32 · 3
- Chapter IV-2 Special Insurance Coverage第四章の二 特別加入Articles 33–37 · 5
- Chapter V Complaints and Lawsuits第五章 不服申立て及び訴訟Articles 38–41 · 4
- Chapter VI Miscellaneous Provisions第六章 雑則Articles 42–50 · 15
- Chapter VII Penal Provisions第七章 罰則Articles 51–54 · 4
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条
The purposes of the industrial accident compensation insurance are to pay necessary insurance proceeds to protect workers who are injured, fall ill or are disabled, or die, in a prompt and fair manner, which are caused in the course of their duties, by reasons attributable to the work of two or more businesses of a worker employed by two or more businesses whose employers are not the same person (hereinafter referred to as a "multiple-job worker"), or while commuting to or from work, and to promote the social reintegration of workers into society who are injured or fall ill in the course of their duties, by reasons attributable to the work of two or more businesses of a multiple-job worker, or while commuting to or from work, in order to provide support to those workers and their surviving family members and secure the safety and health of workers or the like, thereby contributing to the promotion of the welfare of such workers.
労働者災害補償保険は、業務上の事由、事業主が同一人でない二以上の事業に使用される労働者（以下「複数事業労働者」という。）の二以上の事業の業務を要因とする事由又は通勤による労働者の負傷、疾病、障害、死亡等に対して迅速かつ公正な保護をするため、必要な保険給付を行い、あわせて、業務上の事由、複数事業労働者の二以上の事業の業務を要因とする事由又は通勤により負傷し、又は疾病にかかつた労働者の社会復帰の促進、当該労働者及びその遺族の援護、労働者の安全及び衛生の確保等を図り、もつて労働者の福祉の増進に寄与することを目的とする。
第二条
The government administers industrial accident compensation insurance.
労働者災害補償保険は、政府が、これを管掌する。
第二条の二
Industrial accident compensation insurance, in order to achieve the purposes set forth in Article 1, is paid to support the projects to promote social reintegration of workers into society in addition to pay insurance proceeds to workers for their injury, illness, disability or death or the like caused in the course of their duties, by reasons attributable to the work of two or more businesses of a multiple-job worker, or while commuting to or from work.
第三条
In this Act, the insurance covers businesses that hire workers.
この法律においては、労働者を使用する事業を適用事業とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, this Act does not apply to businesses managed directly by the State and businesses managed by public agencies (excluding the businesses specified in Appended Table 1 of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947)).
前項の規定にかかわらず、国の直営事業及び官公署の事業（労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号）別表第一に掲げる事業を除く。）については、この法律は、適用しない。
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削除
第五条
Cabinet Orders and Orders of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under this Act and Cabinet Orders and Orders of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to those pertaining to industrial accident compensation insurance services) under the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 84 of 1969; hereinafter referred to as the "Premiums Collection Act") are established after hearing the opinions of the Labour Policy Council as to drafts thereof.
この法律に基づく政令及び厚生労働省令並びに労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律（昭和四十四年法律第八十四号。以下「徴収法」という。）に基づく政令及び厚生労働省令（労働者災害補償保険事業に係るものに限る。）は、その草案について、労働政策審議会の意見を聞いて、これを制定する。