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Article 12Special Provisions for Labor Contracts

第十二条(労働契約の特例)

Even where the applicable law to the formation and effect of a labor contract as a result of a choice or change under Article 7 or Article 9 is a law other than the law of the place with which the labor contract is most closely connected, if a worker has manifested their intention to an employer that a specific mandatory provisions from within the law of the place with which the labor contract is most closely connected should be applied, that mandatory provisions also apply to the matters stipulated in the mandatory provisions with regard to the formation and effect of the labor contract.

労働契約の成立及び効力について第七条又は第九条の規定による選択又は変更により適用すべき法が当該労働契約に最も密接な関係がある地の法以外の法である場合であっても、労働者が当該労働契約に最も密接な関係がある地の法中の特定の強行規定を適用すべき旨の意思を使用者に対し表示したときは、当該労働契約の成立及び効力に関しその強行規定の定める事項については、その強行規定をも適用する。

For the purpose of the application of the preceding paragraph, the law of the place where the work should be provided under the labor contract (in cases where that place cannot be identified, the law of the place of business at which the worker was employed; the same applies in paragraph (3)) is presumed to be the law of the place with which the labor contract is most closely connected.

前項の規定の適用に当たっては、当該労働契約において労務を提供すべき地の法(その労務を提供すべき地を特定することができない場合にあっては、当該労働者を雇い入れた事業所の所在地の法。次項において同じ。)を当該労働契約に最も密接な関係がある地の法と推定する。

In the absence of a choice of law under Article 7 with regard to the formation and effect of a labor contract, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2), the law of the place where the work should be provided under the labor contract is presumed to be the law of the place with which the labor contract is most closely connected with regard to the formation and effect of the labor contract.

労働契約の成立及び効力について第七条の規定による選択がないときは、当該労働契約の成立及び効力については、第八条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該労働契約において労務を提供すべき地の法を当該労働契約に最も密接な関係がある地の法と推定する。

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