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Labor Standards Act

労働基準法(ろうどうきじゅんほう)

Chapter XII Miscellaneous Provisions

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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.

厚生労働大臣又は都道府県労働局長は、この法律の目的を達成するために、労働者及び使用者に対して資料の提供その他必要な援助をしなければならない。

Article 106第百六条

Duty to Make Laws and Regulations Known(法令等の周知義務)
Article 106, paragraph (1)

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.

使用者は、この法律及びこれに基づく命令の要旨、就業規則、第十八条第二項、第二十四条第一項ただし書、第三十二条の二第一項、第三十二条の三第一項、第三十二条の四第一項、第三十二条の五第一項、第三十四条第二項ただし書、第三十六条第一項、第三十七条第三項、第三十八条の二第二項、第三十八条の三第一項並びに第三十九条第四項、第六項及び第九項ただし書に規定する協定並びに第三十八条の四第一項及び同条第五項(第四十一条の二第三項において準用する場合を含む。)並びに第四十一条の二第一項に規定する決議を、常時各作業場の見やすい場所へ掲示し、又は備え付けること、書面を交付することその他の厚生労働省令で定める方法によつて、労働者に周知させなければならない。

Article 106, paragraph (2)

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.

使用者は、この法律及びこの法律に基いて発する命令のうち、寄宿舎に関する規定及び寄宿舎規則を、寄宿舎の見易い場所に掲示し、又は備え付ける等の方法によつて、寄宿舎に寄宿する労働者に周知させなければならない。

Article 107第百七条

Roster of Workers(労働者名簿)
Article 107, paragraph (1)

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).

使用者は、各事業場ごとに労働者名簿を、各労働者(日日雇い入れられる者を除く。)について調製し、労働者の氏名、生年月日、履歴その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を記入しなければならない。

Article 107, paragraph (2)

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.

使用者は、各事業場ごとに賃金台帳を調製し、賃金計算の基礎となる事項及び賃金の額その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を賃金支払の都度遅滞なく記入しなければならない。

Article 109第百九条

Maintaining Records(記録の保存)
Article 109, paragraph (1)

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.

使用者は、労働者名簿、賃金台帳及び雇入れ、解雇、災害補償、賃金その他労働関係に関する重要な書類を五年間保存しなければならない。

Article 110第百十条

Article 110, paragraph (1)

Deleted

削除

Article 111第百十一条

Free Certification(無料証明)
Article 111, paragraph (1)

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.

労働者及び労働者になろうとする者は、その戸籍に関して戸籍事務を掌る者又はその代理者に対して、無料で証明を請求することができる。使用者が、労働者及び労働者になろうとする者の戸籍に関して証明を請求する場合においても同様である。

Article 112第百十二条

Application to the State and Public Organizations(国及び公共団体についての適用)
Article 112, paragraph (1)

This Act and orders issued based on this Act are to apply to the State, prefectures, municipalities, and other equivalent bodies.

この法律及びこの法律に基いて発する命令は、国、都道府県、市町村その他これに準ずべきものについても適用あるものとする。

Article 113第百十三条

Establishment of an Order(命令の制定)
Article 113, paragraph (1)

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.

この法律に基いて発する命令は、その草案について、公聴会で労働者を代表する者、使用者を代表する者及び公益を代表する者の意見を聴いて、これを制定する。

Article 114第百十四条

Payment of Additional Monies(付加金の支払)
Article 114, paragraph (1)

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.

裁判所は、第二十条、第二十六条若しくは第三十七条の規定に違反した使用者又は第三十九条第九項の規定による賃金を支払わなかつた使用者に対して、労働者の請求により、これらの規定により使用者が支払わなければならない金額についての未払金のほか、これと同一額の付加金の支払を命ずることができる。ただし、この請求は、違反のあつた時から五年以内にしなければならない。

Article 115第百十五条

Prescription(時効)
Article 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 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.

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。

Article 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。

Article 115-2第百十五条の二

Transitional Measures(経過措置)
Article 115-2, paragraph (1)

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.

この法律の規定に基づき命令を制定し、又は改廃するときは、その命令で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置(罰則に関する経過措置を含む。)を定めることができる。

Article 116第百十六条

Exclusion from Application(適用除外)
Article 116, paragraph (1)

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).

第一条から第十一条まで、次項、第百十七条から第百十九条まで及び第百二十一条の規定を除き、この法律は、船員法(昭和二十二年法律第百号)第一条第一項に規定する船員については、適用しない。

Article 116, paragraph (2)

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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