# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八十四条 (Article 84) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84. 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: 第八十四条 (Article 84)（他の法律との関係） — address `art-84` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-84 - 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. --- ### 第八十四条（他の法律との関係） — (This Act's Relationship with Other Laws) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-84 **第一項** この法律に規定する災害補償の事由について、労働者災害補償保険法（昭和二十二年法律第五十号）又は厚生労働省令で指定する法令に基づいてこの法律の災害補償に相当する給付が行なわれるべきものである場合においては、使用者は、補償の責を免れる。 art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-84/par-1 If payments equivalent to accident compensation provided for in this Act are to be made under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947) or under any other law or regulation designated by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare regarding grounds for accident compensation provided for in this Act, the employer is exempt from the liability for providing compensation under this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、この法律による補償を行つた場合においては、同一の事由については、その価額の限度において民法による損害賠償の責を免れる。 art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-84/par-2 If an employer has provided compensation under this Act, it is exempt from liability for damages under the Civil Code based on the same grounds, up to the amount of that compensation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 附則第二十条第一項（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-20/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