# Changes to Japanese law on 31 May 2024

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2024-05-31. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

What changed on 31 May 2024 in 4 laws on this site: for each, the Act that amends it.

- Labor Standards Act (労働基準法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members, and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Act No. 42 of 2024) (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律及び次世代育成支援対策推進法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/506AC0000000042 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000042)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20240531_506AC0000000042
- Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers (労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members, and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Act No. 42 of 2024) (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律及び次世代育成支援対策推進法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/506AC0000000042 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000042)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/360AC0000000088/20240531_506AC0000000042
- Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members, and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Act No. 42 of 2024) (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律及び次世代育成支援対策推進法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/506AC0000000042 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000042)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20240531_506AC0000000042
- Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members, and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Act No. 42 of 2024) (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律及び次世代育成支援対策推進法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/506AC0000000042 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000042)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/403AC0000000076/20240531_506AC0000000042

Every day: https://japanlaw.org/en/changes

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (4 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (4 records)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI