# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（検討） — address `suppl-4301-71/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12
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### 第十二条（検討） — (Review)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-71/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12</sup>

**第一項**
<sup>suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1</sup>

**第三項**  政府は、前二項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この項において「改正後の各法律」という。）の規定について、労働者と使用者の協議の促進等を通じて、仕事と生活の調和、労働条件の改善、雇用形態又は就業形態の異なる労働者の間の均衡のとれた待遇の確保その他の労働者の職業生活の充実を図る観点から、改正後の各法律の施行の状況等を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3</sup>
In addition to the particulars prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, about five years after the entry into effect of this Act, the Government is to review the implementation status of provisions of the laws amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the amended Acts"), in consideration of the state of entry into effect of the amended Acts and from the perspective of promoting discussions between the workers and employers in view of work-life balance, improvement of working conditions, ensuring well-balanced treatment of workers in various employment and working patterns, and enhancement of the occupational lives of workers, and on finding it to be necessary to do so, is to take the needed measures based on the results of that review.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第十二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (1)), suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1
- suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3: この項 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第十二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (3)), suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 附則第十二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
