# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百十五条 (Article 115) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-115. 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: 第百十五条 (Article 115)（時効） — address `art-115` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-115 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-115 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条（時効） — (Prescription) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-115 **第一項** この法律の規定による賃金の請求権はこれを行使することができる時から五年間、この法律の規定による災害補償その他の請求権（賃金の請求権を除く。）はこれを行使することができる時から二年間行わない場合においては、時効によつて消滅する。 art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-115/par-1 Any claims for wages under the provisions of this Act are extinguished by prescription if not made within five years from the time when they may be exercised; and claims for accident compensation and other claims (excluding claims for wages) under the provisions of this Act are extinguished by prescription, if not made within two years from the time when they may be exercised. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 附則第百四十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-3 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項（付加金の支払及び時効に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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