# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百二十八条 (Article 628)

- 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: 第六百二十八条 (Article 628)（やむを得ない事由による雇用の解除） — address `art-628`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第六百二十八条（やむを得ない事由による雇用の解除） — (Cancellation of Employment Due to Compelling Reasons)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-628 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-628 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-628</sup>

    **第一項**  当事者が雇用の期間を定めた場合であっても、やむを得ない事由があるときは、各当事者は、直ちに契約の解除をすることができる。この場合において、その事由が当事者の一方の過失によって生じたものであるときは、相手方に対して損害賠償の責任を負う。
    <sup>art-628/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-628/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-628/par-1</sup>
    Even if the parties have specified a term of employment, either party may immediately cancel the contract if there is a compelling reason to do so. In these cases, if the reasons arise from the negligence of either one of the parties, that party is liable to the other party for damages.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 附則第百三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-137/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