# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五十三条から第五十九条の三まで (Articles 53 to 59-3)

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- Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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.
- Page: 第五十三条から第五十九条の三まで (Articles 53 to 59-3) — `from-art-53`, one of the runs of consecutive articles this law, which has no chapters, is read in. Any `from-art-N` opens the run that holds article N; each article below carries its own address.
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-04-01 — NOT yet in force (revision 20270401_508M60000100089)
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### 第五十三条
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53</sup>

**第一項**  法第百七条第一項の労働者名簿（様式第十九号）に記入しなければならない事項は、同条同項に規定するもののほか、次に掲げるものとする。
<sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1</sup>
Items to be entered into a roster of workers (Form No. 19) under paragraph (1) of Article 107 of the Act shall be those listed as follows in addition to those provided by the same paragraph of the same Article:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  性別
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-1</sup>
Sex
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  住所
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-2</sup>
Address
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  従事する業務の種類
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-3</sup>
Type of work in which the worker is engaged
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**四**  雇入の年月日
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-4</sup>
Date of hiring
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**五**  退職の年月日及びその事由（退職の事由が解雇の場合にあつては、その理由を含む。）
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-5</sup>
Date and cause of retirement (including its reason in the case where the cause of the retirement is dismissal)
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**六**  死亡の年月日及びその原因
<sup>art-53/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-1/item-6</sup>
Date and cause of death
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  常時三十人未満の労働者を使用する事業においては、前項第三号に掲げる事項を記入することを要しない。
<sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-53/par-2</sup>
A workplace which regularly employs less than 30 workers shall not be required to enter items listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph into the roster.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十四条
<sup>art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、法第百八条の規定によつて、次に掲げる事項を労働者各人別に賃金台帳に記入しなければならない。
<sup>art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1</sup>
An employer shall enter the following items into the wage ledger for each worker under the provisions of Article 108 of the Act:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  氏名
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-1</sup>
Name
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  性別
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-2</sup>
Sex
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  賃金計算期間
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-3</sup>
Wage calculation period
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**四**  労働日数
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-4</sup>
Working days
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**五**  労働時間数
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-5</sup>
Working hours
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**六**  法第三十三条若しくは法第三十六条第一項の規定によつて労働時間を延長し、若しくは休日に労働させた場合又は午後十時から午前五時（厚生労働大臣が必要であると認める場合には、その定める地域又は期間については午後十一時から午前六時）までの間に労働させた場合には、その延長時間数、休日労働時間数及び深夜労働時間数
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-6</sup>
When an employer makes a worker work overtime, or work on a day off under the provisions of Article 33 of the Act or paragraph (1) of Article 36 of the Act, or during the period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. (between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. in areas or during periods specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare when the Minister finds it necessary), the number of overtime hours, that of working hours on days off or that of night working hours
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**七**  基本給、手当その他賃金の種類毎にその額
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-7</sup>
Respective amounts of basic wages, allowances, and other wage categories
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**八**  法第二十四条第一項の規定によつて賃金の一部を控除した場合には、その額
<sup>art-54/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-1/item-8</sup>
When a part of wages is deducted under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 24 of the Act, the deducted amount
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項第六号の労働時間数は当該事業場の就業規則において法の規定に異なる所定労働時間又は休日の定をした場合には、その就業規則に基いて算定する労働時間数を以てこれに代えることができる。
<sup>art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-2</sup>
When the rules of employment of the relevant workplace set forth prescribed working hours and days off different from those prescribed under the provisions of the Act, numbers of working hours under item (vi) of the preceding paragraph may be replaced by numbers of working hours calculated according to such rules of employment.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項第七号の賃金の種類中に通貨以外のもので支払われる賃金がある場合には、その評価総額を記入しなければならない。
<sup>art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-3</sup>
When wage categories under item (vii) of paragraph (1) include wages paid in some form other than currency, the total appraised value of such wages must be stated.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  日々雇い入れられる者（一箇月を超えて引続き使用される者を除く。）については、第一項第三号は記入するを要しない。
<sup>art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-4</sup>
With regard to workers hired on a daily basis (except those who continue to be employed for a period exceeding one month), item (iii) of paragraph (1) shall not be required to be stated.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  法第四十一条各号のいずれかに該当する労働者及び法第四十一条の二第一項の規定により労働させる労働者については第一項第五号及び第六号は、これを記入することを要しない。
<sup>art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-54/par-5</sup>
With respect to workers falling under any of the items of Article 41 of the Act and workers made to work under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 41-2 of the Act, items (v) and (vi) of paragraph (1) are not required to be entered.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十五条
<sup>art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-55</sup>

**第一項**  法第百八条の規定による賃金台帳は、常時使用される労働者（一箇月を超えて引続き使用される日々雇い入れられる者を含む。）については様式第二十号日々雇い入れられる者（一箇月を超えて引続き使用される者を除く。）については様式第二十一号によつて、これを調製しなければならない。
<sup>art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-55/par-1</sup>
A wage ledger pursuant to the provisions of Article 108 of the Act must be prepared for regular workers (including those hired on a daily basis who continue to be employed for a period exceeding one month) according to Form No. 20, and for workers hired on a daily basis according to Form No. 21 (excluding those who continue to be employed for a period exceeding one month).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十五条の二
<sup>art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-55-2</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、年次有給休暇管理簿、第五十三条による労働者名簿又は第五十五条による賃金台帳をあわせて調製することができる。
<sup>art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-55-2/par-1</sup>
An employer may prepare the annual paid leave management register, the roster of workers under Article 53 or the wage ledger under Article 55 together.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十六条
<sup>art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56</sup>

**第一項**  法第百九条の規定による記録を保存すべき期間の計算についての起算日は次のとおりとする。
<sup>art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1</sup>
The starting point of a preservation period of records under Article 109 of the Act shall be as follows:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  労働者名簿については、労働者の死亡、退職又は解雇の日
<sup>art-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1/item-1</sup>
Date of the death, retirement or dismissal of a worker for a roster of workers
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  賃金台帳については、最後の記入をした日
<sup>art-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1/item-2</sup>
Date when the last entry is made for a wage ledger
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  雇入れ又は退職に関する書類については、労働者の退職又は死亡の日
<sup>art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1/item-3</sup>
Date of the retirement or death of a worker for documents concerning the hiring or retirement of a worker
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**四**  災害補償に関する書類については、災害補償を終わつた日
<sup>art-56/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1/item-4</sup>
For documents concerning accident compensation, the day on which the accident compensation was completed
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**五**  賃金その他労働関係に関する重要な書類については、その完結の日
<sup>art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-1/item-5</sup>
The end date of the employment contract of a worker for important documents concerning wages or labor relationship
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、賃金台帳又は賃金その他労働関係に関する重要な書類を保存すべき期間の計算については、当該記録に係る賃金の支払期日が同項第二号又は第五号に掲げる日より遅い場合には、当該支払期日を起算日とする。
<sup>art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to the calculation of the period for which a wage ledger or important documents concerning wages and other labor relations are to be preserved, in the case where the due date for payment of the wages pertaining to the record is later than the day listed in item (ii) or item (v) of that paragraph, that due date for payment is to be the day from which the period is counted.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定は、第二十四条の二の二第三項第四号イ、第二十四条の二の二の二、第二十四条の二の三第三項第四号イ及び第二十四条の二の三の二に規定する労働者の労働時間の状況に関する労働者ごとの記録、第二十四条の二の四第二項（第三十四条の二の三において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する議事録、年次有給休暇管理簿並びに第三十四条の二第十五項第四号イからヘまでに掲げる事項に関する対象労働者ごとの記録について準用する。
<sup>art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-56/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the records for each worker concerning the status of the working hours of workers provided in (a) of item (iv) of paragraph (3) of Article 24-2-2, Article 24-2-2-2, (a) of item (iv) of paragraph (3) of Article 24-2-3 and Article 24-2-3-2, the minutes provided in paragraph (2) of Article 24-2-4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-2-3), the annual paid leave management register, and the records for each covered worker concerning the matters listed in (a) through (f) of item (iv) of paragraph (15) of Article 34-2.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十七条
<sup>art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、遅滞なく、第一号については様式第二十三号の二により、第二号については労働安全衛生規則様式第二十二号により、第三号については同令第九十七条第一項に規定する方法により、それぞれの事実を所轄労働基準監督署長に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1</sup>
In the case where an employer falls under any of the following items, the employer must report the respective facts to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned without delay, according to Form No. 23-2 for item (i), according to Form No. 22 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health for item (ii), and by the method provided in paragraph (1) of Article 97 of that Ordinance for item (iii).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  事業を開始した場合
<sup>art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1/item-1</sup>
When an employer has commenced a business
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  事業の附属寄宿舎において火災若しくは爆発又は倒壊の事故が発生した場合
<sup>art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1/item-2</sup>
When a fire or an explosion has arisen in an auxiliary dormitory, or it has been collapsed
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  労働者が事業の附属寄宿舎内で負傷し、窒息し、又は急性中毒にかかり、死亡し又は休業した場合
<sup>art-57/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1/item-3</sup>
When a worker has died or been absent from work due to an injury, suffocation or acute toxication in an auxiliary dormitory
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項第三号に掲げる場合において、休業の日数が四日に満たないときは、使用者は、同項の規定にかかわらず、労働安全衛生規則第九十七条第二項に規定する方法により、一月から三月まで、四月から六月まで、七月から九月まで及び十月から十二月までの期間における当該事実を毎年各各の期間における最後の月の翌月末日までに、所轄労働基準監督署長に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-2</sup>
In the case referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, if the number of days of absence from work is less than four, the employer must, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, report those facts for the periods from January to March, from April to June, from July to September and from October to December to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned by the method provided in paragraph (2) of Article 97 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health, by the last day of the month following the last month of each of those periods every year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  法第十八条第二項の規定により届け出た協定に基づき労働者の預金の受入れをする使用者は、毎年、三月三十一日以前一年間における預金の管理の状況を、四月三十日までに、様式第二十四号により、所轄労働基準監督署長に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-3</sup>
An employer who accepts a worker's deposit based on an agreement submitted under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 18 of the Act shall report on the condition of the savings management for the twelve month period ending on 31 March each year to the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned according to Form No. 24.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十八条
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-58</sup>

**第一項**  行政官庁は、法第百四条の二第一項の規定により、使用者又は労働者に対し、必要な事項を報告させ、又は出頭を命ずるときは、次の事項を通知するものとする。
<sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-58/par-1</sup>
When an administrative government agency has an employer or worker submit a report on necessary matters or order them to appear to the premises of the agency pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 104-2 of the Act, this agency shall give notice of the following items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  報告をさせ、又は出頭を命ずる理由
<sup>art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-58/par-1/item-1</sup>
Reasons for having the employer or worker submit a report or appear
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  出頭を命ずる場合には、聴取しようとする事項
<sup>art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-58/par-1/item-2</sup>
Matters to be heard when ordering them to appear
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十九条
<sup>art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59</sup>

**第一項**  法及びこれに基く命令に定める許可、認可、認定又は指定の申請書は、各々二通これを提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59/par-1</sup>
Applicants shall submit two copies each of written applications for permission, approval, recognition, or designation stipulated by the Act and orders based on the Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十九条の二
<sup>art-59-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2</sup>

**第一項**  法及びこれに基く命令に定める許可、認可、認定若しくは指定の申請、届出、報告、労働者名簿又は賃金台帳に用いるべき様式（様式第二十四号を除く。）は、必要な事項の最少限度を記載すべきことを定めるものであつて、横書、縦書その他異なる様式を用いることを妨げるものではない。
<sup>art-59-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2/par-1</sup>
The forms (except Form No. 24) of an application of permission, approval, recognition, or designation, a notification, a report, a roster of workers, or a wage ledger prescribed by the Act and orders based on the Act show what should be written as a minimum, and shall not preclude the use of vertical or horizontal writing, or any other format.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、法及びこれに基づく命令に定める許可、認可、認定若しくは指定の申請、届出又は報告に用いるべき様式その他必要な書類に氏名を記載し、行政官庁に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-59-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2/par-2</sup>
An employer must state its name on the forms and other necessary documents to be used for applications for permission, approval, recognition or designation, notifications or reports prescribed by the Act and orders based thereon, and submit them to the administrative government agency.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  法及びこれに基づく命令の規定により、使用者が行政官庁に対して行う許可、認可、認定若しくは指定の申請、届出又は報告（以下この項及び次条において「届出等」という。）について、当該使用者が、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号。次条において「情報通信技術活用法」という。）第六条第一項の規定により、同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して当該届出等を行う場合には、前項の規定による氏名の記載については、厚生労働省の所管する法令に係る情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律施行規則（平成十五年厚生労働省令第四十号）第六条第一項各号に掲げる措置のほか、当該使用者の氏名を電磁的記録に記録することをもつて代えることができる。
<sup>art-59-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2/par-3</sup>
With respect to applications for permission, approval, recognition or designation, notifications or reports made by an employer to the administrative government agency under the provisions of the Act and orders based thereon (hereinafter referred to as "notifications, etc." in this paragraph and the following Article), in the case where the employer makes those notifications, etc. using the electronic data processing system provided in paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Act on Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002; referred to as the "Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act" in the following Article) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the employer may, in lieu of stating its name under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and besides the measures listed in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology with Regard to Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 40 of 2003), record the name of the employer in an electronic or magnetic record.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十九条の三
<sup>art-59-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-3</sup>

**第一項**  届出等について、社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人（以下この条において「社会保険労務士等」という。）が、第五十七条第一項（同項第三号に該当する場合に限る。）若しくは第二項又は情報通信技術活用法第六条第一項の規定により、同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して社会保険労務士法（昭和四十三年法律第八十九号）第二条第一項第一号の二の規定に基づき当該届出等を使用者に代わつて行う場合には、当該社会保険労務士等が当該使用者の職務を代行する契約を締結していることにつき証明することができる電磁的記録を当該届出等と併せて送信しなければならない。
<sup>art-59-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-3/par-1</sup>
With respect to notifications, etc., in the case where a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation (hereinafter referred to as a "labor and social security attorney, etc." in this Article) makes the notifications, etc. on behalf of an employer based on the provisions of item (i)-2 of paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance (Act No. 89 of 1968), using the electronic data processing system provided in paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 57 (limited to the case falling under item (iii) of that paragraph) or paragraph (2) of that Article or paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act, the labor and social security attorney, etc. must transmit, together with those notifications, etc., an electronic or magnetic record capable of certifying that the labor and social security attorney, etc. has concluded a contract to perform the duties of the employer on the employer's behalf.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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- art-57/par-3: 法第十八条第二項 → 労働基準法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-2
- art-57/par-3: 様式第二十四号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第二十四号 (Form No. 24), form-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text
- art-58/par-1: 法第百四条の二第一項 → 労働基準法 第百四条の二第一項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1)), art-104-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104-2/par-1
- art-59-2/par-1: 様式第二十四号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第二十四号 (Form No. 24), form-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text
- art-59-2/par-3: この項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十九条の二第三項 (Article 59-2, paragraph (3)), art-59-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2/par-3
- art-59-2/par-3: 次条 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十九条の三 (Article 59-3), art-59-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-3
- art-59-2/par-3: 第六条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000151, 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-59-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十九条の二第二項 (Article 59-2, paragraph (2)), art-59-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-2/par-2
- art-59-3/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十九条の三 (Article 59-3), art-59-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-59-3
- art-59-3/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1
- art-59-3/par-1: 同項第三号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十七条第一項第三号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-57/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-1/item-3
- art-59-3/par-1: 第二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/amendments/20270401_508M60000100089/text/from-art-53#art-57/par-2
- art-59-3/par-1: 情報通信技術活用法第六条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000151, 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-59-3/par-1: 社会保険労務士法（昭和四十三年法律第八十九号）第二条第一項第一号の二 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条第一項第一号の二 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i-2)), art-2/par-1/item-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2/par-1/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2/par-1/item-1-2

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## Sources

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