The purpose of this Act is to contribute to achieving stability in individual labor relationships while protecting workers by ensuring that reasonable working conditions are decided on and reasonable changes to working conditions are made smoothly, by providing for the principle of agreement, under which a labor contract is to be established or changed by agreement through voluntary negotiation between a worker and an employer, and other basic matters concerning labor contracts.
Worker
「労働者」
A person who works under an employer and is paid wages, with no requirement to work at a particular business or office.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
Employer
「使用者」
The person or company that employs a worker and pays the worker wages.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law