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Chapter VII-2 Measures for Creating a Comfortable Work Environment
The law as Act Partially Amending the Industrial Safety and Health Act and the Working Environment Measurement Act (Act No. 33 of 2025) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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An employer must endeavor to create a comfortable work environment in order to improve the level of safety and health in the workplace by continuously and systematically taking measures as follows:
事業者は、事業場における安全衛生の水準の向上を図るため、次の措置を継続的かつ計画的に講ずることにより、快適な職場環境を形成するように努めなければならない。
measures to manage the maintenance of a comfortable work environment;
作業環境を快適な状態に維持管理するための措置
measures to improve work methods for work in which workers engage;
労働者の従事する作業について、その方法を改善するための措置
providing and streamlining facilities and equipment for workers to recover from fatigue suffered in the course of their work;
作業に従事することによる労働者の疲労を回復するための施設又は設備の設置又は整備
the necessary measures to create a comfortable work environment, beyond as set forth in the preceding three items.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、快適な職場環境を形成するため必要な措置
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines in connection with the measures referred to in the preceding Article that employers are to take to create a comfortable work environment, in order to ensure their appropriate and effective implementation.
厚生労働大臣は、前条の事業者が講ずべき快適な職場環境の形成のための措置に関して、その適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導等を行うことができる。
In order to contribute to the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures to be taken by the employer to create a comfortable work environment, the State is to endeavor to take financial measures, offer technical advice, and provide information and other necessary assistance.
国は、事業者が講ずる快適な職場環境を形成するための措置の適切かつ有効な実施に資するため、金融上の措置、技術上の助言、資料の提供その他の必要な援助に努めるものとする。