# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96. 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（寄宿舎の設備及び安全衛生） — address `art-96` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条（寄宿舎の設備及び安全衛生） — (Communal Housing Facilities and Safety and Health) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96 **第一項** 使用者は、事業の附属寄宿舎について、換気、採光、照明、保温、防湿、清潔、避難、定員の収容、就寝に必要な措置その他労働者の健康、風紀及び生命の保持に必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96/par-1 Regarding communal housing associated with a business, the employer must take the necessary measures for ventilation, lighting, illumination, heating, damp-proofing, cleanliness, evacuation, maximum accommodation, and sleeping facilities, and other measures necessary to maintain the health, morals and lives of the workers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者が前項の規定によつて講ずべき措置の基準は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96/par-2 Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes the standards for measures to be taken by an employer, pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-96/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第九十六条第二項（寄宿舎の設備及び安全衛生） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96/par-2 - 労働基準法 第九十六条の二第一項（監督上の行政措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-96-2/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 --- ## 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 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27