# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七章の二 (Chapter 7-2) - Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号 - English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 第七章の二 (Chapter 7-2) — address `ch-7-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-04-01, standing until 2030-03-31 — NOT yet in force (revision 20280401_507AC0000000033) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/ch-7-2 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第七章の二　快適な職場環境の形成のための措置 — Chapter VII-2 Measures for Creating a Comfortable Work Environment heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2 ### 第七十一条の二（事業者の講ずる措置） — (Measures to Be Taken by Employers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2 **第一項** 事業者は、事業場における安全衛生の水準の向上を図るため、次の措置を継続的かつ計画的に講ずることにより、快適な職場環境を形成するように努めなければならない。 art-71-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1 An employer must endeavor to create a comfortable work environment in order to improve the level of safety and health in the workplace by continuously and systematically taking measures as follows: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 作業環境を快適な状態に維持管理するための措置 art-71-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-1 measures to manage the maintenance of a comfortable work environment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 労働者の従事する作業について、その方法を改善するための措置 art-71-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-2 measures to improve work methods for work in which workers engage; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 作業に従事することによる労働者の疲労を回復するための施設又は設備の設置又は整備 art-71-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-3 providing and streamlining facilities and equipment for workers to recover from fatigue suffered in the course of their work; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、快適な職場環境を形成するため必要な措置 art-71-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-4 the necessary measures to create a comfortable work environment, beyond as set forth in the preceding three items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十一条の三（快適な職場環境の形成のための指針の公表等） — (Publication of Guidelines for the Creation of a Comfortable Working Environment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条の事業者が講ずべき快適な職場環境の形成のための措置に関して、その適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。 art-71-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-3/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines in connection with the measures referred to in the preceding Article that employers are to take to create a comfortable work environment, in order to ensure their appropriate and effective implementation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導等を行うことができる。 art-71-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-3/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十一条の四（国の援助） — (State Assistance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-4 **第一項** 国は、事業者が講ずる快適な職場環境を形成するための措置の適切かつ有効な実施に資するため、金融上の措置、技術上の助言、資料の提供その他の必要な援助に努めるものとする。 art-71-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-4/par-1 In order to contribute to the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures to be taken by the employer to create a comfortable work environment, the State is to endeavor to take financial measures, offer technical advice, and provide information and other necessary assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条の二第一項第一号 (Article 71-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-71-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-1 - art-71-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条の二第一項第二号 (Article 71-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-71-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-2 - art-71-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条の二第一項第三号 (Article 71-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-71-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2/par-1/item-3 - art-71-3/par-1: 前条 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条の二 (Article 71-2), art-71-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-2 - art-71-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条の三第一項 (Article 71-3, paragraph (1)), art-71-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000033/text/ch-7-2#art-71-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text as 令和七年法律第三十三号 leaves it, from 2028-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20280401_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17