Chapter II Covered Undertakings
第二章 適用事業等
第五条（適用事業）
In this Act, undertakings in which a worker is employed are to be covered undertakings.
この法律においては、労働者が雇用される事業を適用事業とする。
The formation and expiration of the insurance relationship for the covered undertakings are as prescribed by the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 84 of 1969, hereinafter referred to as the "Premiums Collection Act").
適用事業についての保険関係の成立及び消滅については、労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律（昭和四十四年法律第八十四号。以下「徴収法」という。）の定めるところによる。
Article 6Exclusions from Application
第六条（適用除外）
This Act does not apply to those persons listed in the following items:
次に掲げる者については、この法律は、適用しない。
persons whose prescribed weekly working hours are less than 20 hours (excluding those who become elderly insured persons by making the notification under the provisions of Article 37-5, paragraph (1), and those who, where this Act is applied, are to fall under insured day workers prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1));
一週間の所定労働時間が二十時間未満である者（第三十七条の五第一項の規定による申出をして高年齢被保険者となる者及びこの法律を適用することとした場合において第四十三条第一項に規定する日雇労働被保険者に該当することとなる者を除く。）
persons who are not expected to be employed continuously in a covered undertaking by the same employer for 31 days or more (excluding those who have been employed in a covered undertaking by the same employer for 18 days or more in each of the preceding two months, and those who, where this Act is applied, are to fall under day workers prescribed in Article 42 who fall under any of the items of Article 43, paragraph (1));
persons who are employed on a seasonal basis and fall under any of the items of Article 38, paragraph (1);
季節的に雇用される者であつて、第三十八条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するもの
students or pupils of the schools referred to in Article 1, Article 124 or Article 134, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) who are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons equivalent to those listed in the preceding three items;
学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第一条、第百二十四条又は第百三十四条第一項の学校の学生又は生徒であつて、前三号に掲げる者に準ずるものとして厚生労働省令で定める者
mariners prescribed in Article 1 of the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) (including persons deemed to be reserve mariners prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Mariners Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948), and persons deemed to be reserve mariners prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Mariners Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Employment Promotion of Mariners (Act No. 96 of 1977); hereinafter referred to as "mariners") who are employed to serve on board fishing vessels (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order) (excluding the case where they are employed in a covered undertaking as mariners throughout the year);
船員法（昭和二十二年法律第百号）第一条に規定する船員（船員職業安定法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十号）第九十二条第一項の規定により船員法第二条第二項に規定する予備船員とみなされる者及び船員の雇用の促進に関する特別措置法（昭和五十二年法律第九十六号）第十四条第一項の規定により船員法第二条第二項に規定する予備船員とみなされる者を含む。以下「船員」という。）であつて、漁船（政令で定めるものに限る。）に乗り組むため雇用される者（一年を通じて船員として適用事業に雇用される場合を除く。）
persons who are employed by the national, prefectural or municipal governments or in the undertakings of equivalent bodies and in the case of separation from service, who are found to be able to receive payment, based on other laws and regulations, ordinances and rules, etc., of benefits that exceed the level of job applicant benefits and employment promotion benefits and who are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
国、都道府県、市町村その他これらに準ずるものの事業に雇用される者のうち、離職した場合に、他の法令、条例、規則等に基づいて支給を受けるべき諸給与の内容が、求職者給付及び就職促進給付の内容を超えると認められる者であつて、厚生労働省令で定めるもの
Article 7Notification concerning Insured Persons
第七条（被保険者に関する届出）
Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an employer (where the original contractor is regarded as the employer pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Premiums Collection Act, with regard to those workers engaged in the undertaking other than those employed by the original contractor, the sub-contractor who employs the workers; the same applies hereinafter) must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the fact that workers they employ have become insured persons or ceased to be insured persons, with regard to a covered undertaking (where a series of undertakings carried out by means of successive contracts is regarded as a single undertaking pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) with regard to those workers engaged in the undertaking other than those employed by the original contractor, each undertaking pertaining to the successive contracts; the same applies hereinafter) carried out by the employer, and of other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies to a labor insurance affairs association prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (3) of the Premiums Collection Act that manages affairs related to the notifications referred to in the first sentence of this Article entrusted by the employer, pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Premiums Collection Act, as part of the labor insurance-related affairs prescribed in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "labor insurance affairs association").
事業主（徴収法第八条第一項又は第二項の規定により元請負人が事業主とされる場合にあつては、当該事業に係る労働者のうち元請負人が雇用する労働者以外の労働者については、当該労働者を雇用する下請負人。以下同じ。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その雇用する労働者に関し、当該事業主の行う適用事業（同条第一項又は第二項の規定により数次の請負によつて行われる事業が一の事業とみなされる場合にあつては、当該事業に係る労働者のうち元請負人が雇用する労働者以外の労働者については、当該請負に係るそれぞれの事業。以下同じ。）に係る被保険者となつたこと、当該事業主の行う適用事業に係る被保険者でなくなつたことその他厚生労働省令で定める事項を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。当該事業主から徴収法第三十三条第一項の委託を受けて同項に規定する労働保険事務の一部として前段の届出に関する事務を処理する同条第三項に規定する労働保険事務組合（以下「労働保険事務組合」という。）についても、同様とする。
Article 8Demand for Confirmation
第八条（確認の請求）
A person who is or was an insured person may at any time demand confirmation under the provisions of the following Article.
第九条（確認）
Confirmation of the fact that workers have become insured persons or the fact that workers have ceased to be insured persons is to be made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare based on a notification under the provisions of Article 7 or a demand under the provisions of the preceding Article, or on the Minister's authority.
With regard to the confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Chapter III (excluding Articles 12 and 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply.
前項の確認については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。