Chapter III Collective Agreements
第三章 労働協約
Article 14Collective Agreement Becoming Effective
第十四条（労働協約の効力の発生）
A collective agreement between a labor union and an employer or an employers' organization concerning working conditions and other matters becomes effective when the agreement is put in writing and is either signed by or affixed the names and seals by both of the parties concerned.
労働組合と使用者又はその団体との間の労働条件その他に関する労働協約は、書面に作成し、両当事者が署名し、又は記名押印することによつてその効力を生ずる。
Article 15Term of Collective Agreements
第十五条（労働協約の期間）
An effective period exceeding three years may not be provided for in a collective agreement.
労働協約には、三年をこえる有効期間の定をすることができない。
A collective agreement providing for an effective period exceeding three years is deemed as a collective agreement providing for an effective period of three years.
三年をこえる有効期間の定をした労働協約は、三年の有効期間の定をした労働協約とみなす。
A collective agreement which does not provide for an effective period may be terminated by either party by giving advance notice to the other party in writing either signed by or affixed the name and seal by the party giving notice of the termination. The same applies to a collective agreement which provides for a definite term that includes a provision to the effect that the agreement continues to be effective after the expiration of the period without specifying a deadline after the expiration of the period.
有効期間の定がない労働協約は、当事者の一方が、署名し、又は記名押印した文書によつて相手方に予告して、解約することができる。一定の期間を定める労働協約であつて、その期間の経過後も期限を定めず効力を存続する旨の定があるものについて、その期間の経過後も、同様とする。
The advance notice set forth in the preceding paragraph must be given at least ninety days prior to the date on which termination is to be made.
前項の予告は、解約しようとする日の少くとも九十日前にしなければならない。
Article 16Effect of the Standards
第十六条（基準の効力）
Any part of an individual labor contract that contravenes the standards concerning working conditions and other matters relating to the treatment of workers provided in the collective agreement will be void. In such a case, the invalidated part of the individual labor contract is to be governed by those standards. The same applies to particulars the individual labor contract does not prescribe.
労働協約に定める労働条件その他の労働者の待遇に関する基準に違反する労働契約の部分は、無効とする。この場合において無効となつた部分は、基準の定めるところによる。労働契約に定がない部分についても、同様とする。
Article 17General Binding Effect
第十七条（一般的拘束力）
When three-fourths or more of the workers of the same kind regularly employed in a particular factory or workplace come under application of a particular collective agreement, the agreement also applies to the remaining workers of the same kind employed in the factory or the workplace.
一の工場事業場に常時使用される同種の労働者の四分の三以上の数の労働者が一の労働協約の適用を受けるに至つたときは、当該工場事業場に使用される他の同種の労働者に関しても、当該労働協約が適用されるものとする。
Article 18General Binding Effect in a Locality
第十八条（地域的の一般的拘束力）
When a majority of the workers of the same kind in a particular locality come under application of a particular collective agreement, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor may, at the request of either one or both of the parties to the collective agreement and, pursuant to a resolution of the Labour Relations Commission, decide that the collective agreement (including an agreement amended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)) should apply to the remaining workers of the same kind employed in the same locality and to their employers.
In the case the Labour Relations Commission, in adopting the resolution set forth in the preceding paragraph, finds that the collective agreement contains inappropriate parts, the Commission may amend those parts.
労働委員会は、前項の決議をする場合において、当該労働協約に不適当な部分があると認めたときは、これを修正することができる。
The decision as prescribed in paragraph (1) is to be made by public notice.
第一項の決定は、公告によつてする。