# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五条の二 (Article 5-2)

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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.
- Provision: 第五条の二 (Article 5-2) — address `art-5-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2
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### 第五条の二
<sup>art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、労働者の貯蓄金をその委託を受けて管理しようとする場合において、貯蓄金の管理が労働者の預金の受入れであるときは、法第十八条第二項の協定には、次の各号に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
<sup>art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1</sup>
If an employer intends to take charge of workers savings entrusted to the employer by workers, and in the event that the savings kept in custody constitute a deposit accepted, the employer shall fix, in an agreement provided in paragraph (2) of Article 18 of the Act, the following matters:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  預金者の範囲
<sup>art-5-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
Scope of depositors
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  預金者一人当たりの預金額の限度
<sup>art-5-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
Limit of deposit per depositor
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  預金の利率及び利子の計算方法
<sup>art-5-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
Method of calculating interest rates and interest
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**四**  預金の受入れ及び払いもどしの手続
<sup>art-5-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
Procedures in accepting and paying out deposits
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**五**  預金の保全の方法
<sup>art-5-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1/item-5</sup>
Method of preserving deposits
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-5-2/par-1: 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

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10
- This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10