# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18. 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（強制貯金） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（強制貯金） — (Compulsory Savings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18 **第一項** 使用者は、労働契約に附随して貯蓄の契約をさせ、又は貯蓄金を管理する契約をしてはならない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-1 An employer must not cause a worker to enter into a savings contract or a contract to manage a worker's savings incidental to the labor contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、労働者の貯蓄金をその委託を受けて管理しようとする場合においては、当該事業場に、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときは労働者の過半数を代表する者との書面による協定をし、これを行政官庁に届け出なければならない。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-2 If an employer seeks to be entrusted by a worker with managing their savings, it must conclude a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union; and must file this agreement with the relevant government agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 使用者は、労働者の貯蓄金をその委託を受けて管理する場合においては、貯蓄金の管理に関する規程を定め、これを労働者に周知させるため作業場に備え付ける等の措置をとらなければならない。 art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-3 If an employer is entrusted by a worker with managing their savings, it must establish rules governing the management of those savings and take measures to inform the worker of these rules, such as keeping them at the workplace. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 使用者は、労働者の貯蓄金をその委託を受けて管理する場合において、貯蓄金の管理が労働者の預金の受入であるときは、利子をつけなければならない。この場合において、その利子が、金融機関の受け入れる預金の利率を考慮して厚生労働省令で定める利率による利子を下るときは、その厚生労働省令で定める利率による利子をつけたものとみなす。 art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-4 When an employer is entrusted by a worker with managing their savings, it must set an interest rate if its management of those savings constitutes the acceptance of a deposit. In this case, if the interest rate is below the rate of interest prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare by taking into consideration the rate of interest for deposits accepted by financial institutions, the employer is deemed to have set an interest rate that is based on the rate of interest prescribed by that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 使用者は、労働者の貯蓄金をその委託を受けて管理する場合において、労働者がその返還を請求したときは、遅滞なく、これを返還しなければならない。 art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-5 If an employer is entrusted by a worker with managing that worker's savings, it must return those savings to the worker if requested to do so without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 使用者が前項の規定に違反した場合において、当該貯蓄金の管理を継続することが労働者の利益を著しく害すると認められるときは、行政官庁は、使用者に対して、その必要な限度の範囲内で、当該貯蓄金の管理を中止すべきことを命ずることができる。 art-18/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-6 If an employer has violated the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the employer's continued management of the workers' savings is found to be seriously detrimental to the interests of the worker, the relevant government agency may order the employer to suspend its management of those savings, to the extent necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の規定により貯蓄金の管理を中止すべきことを命ぜられた使用者は、遅滞なく、その管理に係る貯蓄金を労働者に返還しなければならない。 art-18/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-7 An employer that has been ordered to suspend its management of savings pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must return the savings associated with that suspended management to the worker without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-6: 前項 → 労働基準法 第十八条第五項 (Article 18, paragraph (5)), art-18/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-5 - art-18/par-7: 前項 → 労働基準法 第十八条第六項 (Article 18, paragraph (6)), art-18/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-6 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第五条第一項第一号（法第十九条の二十六第一項第二号の出入国又は労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-5/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第十八条第六項（強制貯金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-6 - 労働基準法 第十八条第七項（強制貯金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-7 - 労働基準法 第百六条第一項（法令等の周知義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-1 - 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 - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 附則第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3271-287/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3271-287/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-5-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-3/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-57/par-3 - 所得税法施行規則 第十五条の二第一項（金融機関の営業所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340M50000040011/art-15-2/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 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27