# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

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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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（紛争の解決の援助に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4101-112/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第八条（紛争の解決の援助に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Assistance in Resolving Disputes
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<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  平成十一年三月三十一日までの間は、新法第百五条の三第一項中「雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律（昭和四十七年法律第百十三号）第十二条第一項」とあるのは、「雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等女性労働者の福祉の増進に関する法律（昭和四十七年法律第百十三号）第十四条」とする。
<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-8/par-1</sup>
Until March 31, 1999, the term "Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Act No. 113 of 1972)" in Article 105-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 14 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment and Promotion of the Welfare of Women Workers (Act No. 113 of 1972)".
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## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-1/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-10/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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-006, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
