# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5021-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13
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## 附　則 令和二年三月三一日法律第一三号
<sup>suppl-5021-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、民法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十九年法律第四十四号）の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 44 of 2017) comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（付加金の支払及び時効に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Payment of Additional Monies and Prescription
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<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の労働基準法（以下この条において「新法」という。）第百十四条及び第百四十三条第二項の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下この条において「施行日」という。）以後に新法第百十四条に規定する違反がある場合における付加金の支払に係る請求について適用し、施行日前にこの法律による改正前の労働基準法第百十四条に規定する違反があった場合における付加金の支払に係る請求については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 114 and Article 143, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the New Act" in this Article) apply to a claim for payment of additional monies in the case where a violation prescribed in Article 114 of the New Act occurs on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date" in this Article), and with regard to a claim for payment of additional monies in the case where a violation prescribed in Article 114 of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by this Act occurred before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  新法第百十五条及び第百四十三条第三項の規定は、施行日以後に支払期日が到来する労働基準法の規定による賃金（退職手当を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の請求権の時効について適用し、施行日前に支払期日が到来した同法の規定による賃金の請求権の時効については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 115 and Article 143, paragraph (3) of the New Act apply to the prescription of the right to claim wages under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (excluding retirement allowances; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) whose payment date arrives on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the prescription of the right to claim wages under the provisions of that Act whose payment date arrived before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条（検討） — Review
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の規定について、その施行の状況を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-3/par-1</sup>
If five years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to review the provisions as amended by this Act while taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5021-13/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1: 第百十四条 → 労働基準法 第百十四条 (Article 114), art-114 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-114
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1: 第百四十三条第二項 → 労働基準法 附則第百四十三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 143, paragraph (2)), suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-2
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2: 新法第百十五条 → 労働基準法 第百十五条 (Article 115), art-115 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-115
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2: 第百四十三条第三項 → 労働基準法 附則第百四十三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 143, paragraph (3)), suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-143/par-3
- suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2: この項 → 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（付加金の支払及び時効に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項（付加金の支払及び時効に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-2/par-2

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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-011, 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
