# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53)

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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: 第五十三条 (Article 53) — address `art-53`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五十三条
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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>

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## Cites
- art-53/par-1: 法第百七条第一項 → 労働基準法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-107/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-53/par-1: 様式第十九号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第十九号 (Form No. 19), form-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-19
- art-53/par-1: 同条 → 労働基準法 第百七条 (Article 107), art-107 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-107 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-53/par-2: 前項第三号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十三条第一項第三号 (Article 53, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-53/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-53/par-1/item-3

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 第五十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-53/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 第五十五条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-55-2/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-63/par-1

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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
