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Chapter XII Miscellaneous Provisions第十二章 雑則
Article 105-2第百五条の二
The State's Duty to Provide Assistance(国の援助義務)
Article 105-2, paragraph (1)
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the directors of the prefectural labor bureaus must provide workers and employers with materials and other necessary assistance to achieve the purpose of this Act.
An employer must make known to workers the gist of this Act and any Order issued based on this Act, the rules of employment, any agreement provided for in Article 18, paragraph (2), the proviso to Article 24, paragraph (1), Article 32-2, paragraph (1), Article 32-3, paragraph (1), Article 32-4, paragraph (1), Article 32-5, paragraph (1), the proviso to Article 34, paragraph (2), Article 36, paragraph (1), Article 37, paragraph (3), Article 38-2, paragraph (2), Article 38-3, paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraphs (4) and (6), and the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (9), and any resolution as provided for in Article 38-4, paragraph (1), Article 38-4, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 41-2, paragraph (3)), and Article 41-2, paragraph (1), by posting or keeping them in a easily visible location or locations at the workplace at all times, by distributing written copies, or by any other means prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
An employer must make known to workers living in communal housing the provisions of this Act and any Order issued pursuant to this Act, relating to communal housing and house rules, by posting or keeping them in a easily visible location or locations in that communal housing, or by other such means.
An employer must prepare a roster of workers for each workplace and enter their names, dates of birth, personal history, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the roster for each worker (excluding workers hired on a daily basis).
If a particular that is required to be entered in a roster pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is altered, the employer must correct it without delay.
前項の規定により記入すべき事項に変更があつた場合においては、遅滞なく訂正しなければならない。
Article 108第百八条
Wage Ledger(賃金台帳)
Article 108, paragraph (1)
An employer must prepare a wage ledger for each workplace and must enter the information upon which wage calculations are based, the amount of wages, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay, each time wages are paid.
An employer must maintain the rosters of workers, wage ledgers, and important documents concerning hiring, dismissal, accident compensation, wages, and other particulars regarding labor relations for a period of five years.
A worker or a person seeking to become a worker may request a certificate of their family register free of charge from the person responsible for family registers or their deputy. The same applies if an employer requests a certificate of the family register of a worker, and a person seeking to become a worker.
Any order issued based on this Act is established after hearing the opinions of worker representatives, employer representatives, and representatives of the public interest, regarding the draft of the order at a public hearing.
At the request of a worker, the court may order an employer who has violated the provisions of Articles 20, 26 or 37, or an employer who has not paid wages under the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (9), to pay, in addition to the unpaid portion of the amount that the employer was required to pay pursuant to those provisions, additional monies in the same amount; provided, however, that this request must be made within five years from the date of the violation.
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 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.
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.
When an order is established, amended, or repealed based on the provisions of this Act, the necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures on penal provisions) may be prescribed by that order to the extent considered reasonably necessary for its establishment, amendment, or repeal.
With the exception of the provisions of Articles 1 through 11, paragraph (2) below, Articles 117 through 119, and Article 121, this Act does not apply to the mariners provided for in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Law (Act No. 100 of 1947).
This Act does not apply to a business that employs only cohabiting relatives, nor to domestic workers.
この法律は、同居の親族のみを使用する事業及び家事使用人については、適用しない。
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