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Labor Standards Act

労働基準法（ろうどうきじゅんほう）

Amended by

Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, etc.

労働者災害補償保険法等の一部を改正する法律

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The same amending law also changes

  • 17 July 2026 — This law

1 provision changed · 1 provision added · 3 provisions in the supplementary provisions

Each provision the amendment changes, before and after in one: words it removes are struck through, words it adds are highlighted. The Japanese is the law; the icon beside each English column says whose English it is.

Article 115 · (Prescription)第百十五条（時効）

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  • ChangedArticle 115, paragraph (1)

    A claim for wages under the provisions of this Act is extinguished by prescription if it is not exercised within five years from the time when it becomes exercisable, and any other claim (excluding a claim for accident compensation or any other claim under the provisions of this Act (excluding a claim for wages) is extinguished by prescription if it is not exercised within two years from the time when it becomes exercisable.

    この法律の規定による賃金の請求権はこれを行使することができる時から五年間、その他の請求権（この法律の規定による災害補償その他の請求権（賃金の請求権を除く。）はこれを行使することができる時から二年間行わない場合においては、時効によつて消滅する。

  • AddedArticle 115, paragraph (2)

    A claim for accident compensation under the provisions of this Act is extinguished by prescription if it is not exercised within two years from the time when it becomes exercisable; provided, however, that if the illness pertaining to the accident that is the cause of the accident compensation under the provisions of this Act is an illness specified by Cabinet Order as an illness for which, by its nature, it cannot easily be determined whether it falls under the grounds for accident compensation prescribed in Article 75, paragraph (1), Article 76, paragraph (1), Article 77, Article 79 or Article 80, the term "two years" in the main clause of this paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "five years" with regard to that claim for accident compensation.

    この法律の規定による災害補償の請求権は、これを行使することができる時から二年間行わない場合においては、時効によつて消滅する。ただし、この法律の規定による災害補償の原因である事故に係る疾病が、その性質上、第七十五条第一項、第七十六条第一項、第七十七条、第七十九条又は第八十条に規定する災害補償の事由に該当するものかどうかを容易に判断することができない疾病として政令で定めるものである場合には、当該災害補償の請求権については、この項本文中「二年間」とあるのは、「五年間」とする。

3 changes in the supplementary provisions (附則)

Supplementary Provisions, Article 143附則第百四十三条

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  • ChangedSupplementary Provisions, Article 143, paragraph (3)

    With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 115, paragraph (1), for the time being, the phrase "a claim for wages, for five years from the time when it becomes exercisable" in that Articleparagraph is deemed to be replaced with "a claim for retirement allowances, for five years from the time when it becomes exercisable, and a claim for wages (excluding retirement allowances) under the provisions of this Act, for three years from the time when it becomes exercisable".

    第百十五条第一項の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条項中「賃金の請求権はこれを行使することができる時から五年間」とあるのは、「退職手当の請求権はこれを行使することができる時から五年間、この法律の規定による賃金（退職手当を除く。）の請求権はこれを行使することができる時から三年間」とする。

Supplementary Provisions, Article 9 · Transitional Measures Concerning the Partial Amendment of the Labor Standards Act附則第九条（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)

    With regard to the extinctive prescription of a claim for accident compensation under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act arising from an accident that occurred before the effective date due to an illness equivalent to the illness specified by Cabinet Order referred to in the proviso to Article 115, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

    施行日前に生じた第四条の規定による改正後の労働基準法第百十五条第二項ただし書の政令で定める疾病に相当する疾病による事故を原因とする労働基準法の規定による災害補償の請求権の消滅時効については、なお従前の例による。

Supplementary Provisions, Article 12 · Review附則第十二条（検討）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (1)

    When five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to review the status of enforcement of the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act, and if it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results.

    政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。