# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19. 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（解雇制限） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（解雇制限） — (Restrictions on the Dismissal of Workers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19 **第一項** 使用者は、労働者が業務上負傷し、又は疾病にかかり療養のために休業する期間及びその後三十日間並びに産前産後の女性が第六十五条の規定によつて休業する期間及びその後三十日間は、解雇してはならない。ただし、使用者が、第八十一条の規定によつて打切補償を支払う場合又は天災事変その他やむを得ない事由のために事業の継続が不可能となつた場合においては、この限りでない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-1 An employer must not dismiss a worker in a period during which the worker is absent from work for medical treatment due to an injury sustained or illness contracted at work, nor within 30 days thereafter, and must not dismiss a female worker in a period during which she is absent from work before or after childbirth based on the provisions of Article 65, nor within 30 days thereafter; provided, however, that this does not apply if the employer pays compensation for discontinuation pursuant to Article 81, nor does it apply if continuation of business has become impossible due to a natural disaster or any other unavoidable reason. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項但書後段の場合においては、その事由について行政官庁の認定を受けなければならない。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-2 In a case referred to in the second sentence of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the employer must obtain the approval of the relevant government agency regarding the reason in question. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1: 第六十五条 → 労働基準法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-65 - art-19/par-1: 第八十一条 → 労働基準法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-81 - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第十九条第二項（解雇制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-2 - 労働基準法 第二十条第三項（解雇の予告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-3 - 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 - 労働基準法施行規則 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7/par-1 - 労働者災害補償保険法 第十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-19/par-1 - 労働者災害補償保険法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/suppl-3511-32/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/suppl-3511-32/art-4/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