# 労働契約法 / Labor Contracts Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12. 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. - Law: 労働契約法 (Labor Contracts Act), 平成十九年法律第百二十八号 - English title "Labor Contracts Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（検討） — address `suppl-4301-71/art-12` - Text in force since: 2020-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4301-71/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12 **第一項** suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 **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。 suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 Beyond as provided in the preceding two paragraphs, approximately five years after this Act enters into effect, the government is to review the provisions of each of the relevant Acts following their amendment by this Act (referred to as "each amended Act" hereinafter in this paragraph) in consideration of things such as the enforcement status of each amended Act, from the standpoint of achieving work/life balance, improving working conditions, ensuring equalized treatment among workers with different forms of employment and employment formats, and otherwise enriching workers' working lives through actions such as prompting dialogues between workers and employers; and, on finding that there is a need to do so, it is to take the required measures based on the results of its review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3: 前二項 → 労働契約法 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/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-1 - suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3: この項 → 労働契約法 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/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働契約法 附則第十二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-contracts-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働契約法 — the text in force from 2020-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/419AC0000000128/20200401_430AC0000000071), retrieved 2026-09-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Contracts Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3744/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10 - This site's parser, version 211 — 労働契約法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10