# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八十二条 (Article 82)

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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
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- Provision: 第八十二条 (Article 82)（分割補償） — address `art-82`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第八十二条（分割補償） — (Payment of Compensation in Installments)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-82</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、支払能力のあることを証明し、補償を受けるべき者の同意を得た場合においては、第七十七条又は第七十九条の規定による補償に替え、平均賃金に別表第三に定める日数を乗じて得た金額を、六年にわたり毎年補償することができる。
<sup>art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-82/par-1</sup>
If an employer demonstrates the ability to pay and obtains the consent of the person entitled to compensation, in lieu of the compensation under Article 77 or Article 79, the employer may pay compensation every year for six years, in the amount arrived at when the average wage is multiplied by the number of days stated in Appended Table 3.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-82/par-1: 第七十七条 → 労働基準法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-77
- art-82/par-1: 第七十九条 → 労働基準法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-79
- art-82/par-1: 別表第三 → 労働基準法 別表第三 (Appended Table 3), appdx-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-3

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 第四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-46/par-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
