# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百八条 (Article 308)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": 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: 第三百八条 (Article 308)（雇用関係の先取特権） — address `art-308`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-308
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### 第三百八条（雇用関係の先取特権） — (Statutory Liens for Employment Relationships)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-308 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-308 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-308</sup>

      **第一項**  雇用関係の先取特権は、給料その他債務者と使用人との間の雇用関係に基づいて生じた債権について存在する。
      <sup>art-308/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-308/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-308/par-1</sup>
      Statutory liens for employment relationships exist with respect to salaries and other claims that arise from the employer-employee relationship between the obligor and the employee.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 附則第二条第一項（雇用関係の先取特権に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11