# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百四条 (Article 104) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — 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: 第百四条 (Article 104)（監督機関に対する申告） — address `art-104` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条（監督機関に対する申告） — (Filing Reports with Inspection Bodies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104 **第一項** 事業場に、この法律又はこの法律に基いて発する命令に違反する事実がある場合においては、労働者は、その事実を行政官庁又は労働基準監督官に申告することができる。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104/par-1 If there is any violation of this Act or any Order issued pursuant to this Act at a workplace, a worker may report the fact to the relevant government agency, or to a labor standards inspector. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、前項の申告をしたことを理由として、労働者に対して解雇その他不利益な取扱をしてはならない。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104/par-2 An employer must not dismiss a worker or treat a worker disadvantageously, due to the worker having filed a report referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第百四条第二項（監督機関に対する申告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-104/par-2 - 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-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 --- ## 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 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27