# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

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- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（未成年者の労働契約） — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第五十八条（未成年者の労働契約） — (Labor Contracts with Minors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-58</sup>

**第一項**  親権者又は後見人は、未成年者に代つて労働契約を締結してはならない。
<sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-58/par-1</sup>
It is prohibited for a person with parental authority over a minor or the legal guardian of a minor to enter into a labor contract on behalf of a minor.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  親権者若しくは後見人又は行政官庁は、労働契約が未成年者に不利であると認める場合においては、将来に向つてこれを解除することができる。
<sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-58/par-2</sup>
A person with parental authority over a minor, the legal guardian of a minor, or the relevant government agency may cancel a labor contract prospectively if they consider it disadvantageous to the minor.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## 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