# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百十六条 (Article 116) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116. 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: 第百十六条 (Article 116)（適用除外） — address `art-116` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十六条（適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116 **第一項** 第一条から第十一条まで、次項、第百十七条から第百十九条まで及び第百二十一条の規定を除き、この法律は、船員法（昭和二十二年法律第百号）第一条第一項に規定する船員については、適用しない。 art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116/par-1 With the exception of the provisions of Articles 1 through 11, paragraph (2) below, Articles 117 through 119, and Article 121, this Act does not apply to the mariners provided for in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Law (Act No. 100 of 1947). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律は、同居の親族のみを使用する事業及び家事使用人については、適用しない。 art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116/par-2 This Act does not apply to a business that employs only cohabiting relatives, nor to domestic workers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-1 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-10 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-11 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-2 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-3 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-4 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-5 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-6 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-7 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-8 - art-116/par-1: 第一条から第十一条まで → 労働基準法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-9 - art-116/par-1: 次項 → 労働基準法 第百十六条第二項 (Article 116, paragraph (2)), art-116/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-116/par-2 - art-116/par-1: 第百十七条から第百十九条まで → 労働基準法 第百十七条 (Article 117), art-117 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-117 - art-116/par-1: 第百十七条から第百十九条まで → 労働基準法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-118 - art-116/par-1: 第百十七条から第百十九条まで → 労働基準法 第百十九条 (Article 119), art-119 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-119 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119 - art-116/par-1: 第百二十一条 → 労働基準法 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-121 - art-116/par-1: 船員法（昭和二十二年法律第百号）第一条第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000100, 第一条第一項 (Article 1, paragraph (1)), art-1/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 --- ## 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