# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十条 (Article 10)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第十条 (Article 10) — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第十条
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  この法律で使用者とは、事業主又は事業の経営担当者その他その事業の労働者に関する事項について、事業主のために行為をするすべての者をいう。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-10/par-1</sup>
The term employer as used in this Act means a person in control of the business, a person responsible for managing the business, or any other person acting on behalf of the person in control of the business in particulars relating to the workers of the business.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 第百十六条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116/par-1
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第三項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-3
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第四項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-4
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第五項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-5
- 最低賃金法 第二条第一項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-2/par-1/item-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
