# Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii), its wordings — Whistleblower Protection Act

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How the wording of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) (第二条第一項第三号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Whistleblower Protection Act (公益通報者保護法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act
- Provision: Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) (第二条第一項第三号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-3 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-3)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 62 of 2025

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 前二号に定める事業者が他の事業者との請負契約その他の契約に基づいて事業を行い、又は行っていた場合において、当該事業に従事し、又は当該通報の日前一年以内に従事していた労働者若しくは労働者であった者又は派遣労働者若しくは派遣労働者であった者　当該他の事業者

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> a worker or a former worker, or a dispatched worker or a former dispatched worker, who is or was engaged in the business within one year before the date of the report, when a business operator specified in the preceding two items conducts or conducted the business based on a contract for work or other contract with another business operator: the relevant other business operator;

## 2. 1 December 2026 — Act No. 62 of 2025

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 December 2026
- The amendment: Moved to item (iv) and reworded (Act No. 62 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062

Japanese:

> 前三号に定める事業者が他の事業者との請負契約その他の契約に基づいて事業を行い、又は行っていた場合において、当該事業に従事し、又は当該通報の日前一年以内に従事していた労働者若しくは派遣労働者（以下この号及び第十一条第二項において「労働者等」という。）若しくは労働者等であった者又は特定受託業務従事者若しくは特定受託業務従事者であった者　当該他の事業者

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> a worker or a dispatched worker (referred to below as a "worker, etc." in this item and Article 11, paragraph (2)), or a former worker, etc., or a person who is or was a specified person engaged in entrusted business, any of whom are or were engaged in the business within one year before the date of the report, when a business operator specified in the preceding three items conducts or conducted the business based on a contract for work or other contract with another business operator:the relevant other business operator;

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20261102_508AC0000000062)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20261201_507AC0000000062)