# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五十二条の二 (Article 52-2)

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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: 第五十二条の二 (Article 52-2) — address `art-52-2`
- 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-52-2
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### 第五十二条の二
<sup>art-52-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2</sup>

**第一項**  法第百六条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める方法は、次に掲げる方法とする。
<sup>art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2/par-1</sup>
The methods set forth in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (1) of Article 106 of the Act shall be listed as follows:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**一**  常時各作業場の見やすい場所へ掲示し、又は備え付けること。
<sup>art-52-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
To post or maintain a copy of such laws and regulations, etc. at an easily viewable location at each workplace at all times
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  書面を労働者に交付すること。
<sup>art-52-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
To deliver written copies to the workers
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  使用者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイル又は第二十四条の二の四第三項第三号に規定する電磁的記録媒体をもつて調製するファイルに記録し、かつ、各作業場に労働者が当該記録の内容を常時確認できる機器を設置すること。
<sup>art-52-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
To make a record in a file stored on a computer used by the employer or in a file prepared by means of the electronic or magnetic recording medium provided in item (iii) of paragraph (3) of Article 24-2-4, and to install at each workplace equipment by which workers can check the contents of that record at any time.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-2/par-1: 法第百六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-52-2/par-1/item-3: 第二十四条の二の四第三項第三号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の四第三項第三号 (Article 24-2-4, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-24-2-4/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-4/par-3/item-3

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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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-007, translated 2026-09-11
- 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