# 労働契約法 / Labor Contracts Act — 第三条 (Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 労働契約法 (Labor Contracts Act), 平成十九年法律第百二十八号 - English title "Labor Contracts 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: 第三条 (Article 3)（労働契約の原則） — address `art-3` - Text in force since: 2020-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第三条（労働契約の原則） — (Principles of a Labor Contract) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3 **第一項** 労働契約は、労働者及び使用者が対等の立場における合意に基づいて締結し、又は変更すべきものとする。 art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3/par-1 A labor contract is to be concluded or changed between a Worker and an Employer by agreement on an equal basis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 労働契約は、労働者及び使用者が、就業の実態に応じて、均衡を考慮しつつ締結し、又は変更すべきものとする。 art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3/par-2 A labor contract is to be concluded or changed between a Worker and an Employer while giving consideration to the balance of treatment according to the actual conditions of work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 労働契約は、労働者及び使用者が仕事と生活の調和にも配慮しつつ締結し、又は変更すべきものとする。 art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3/par-3 A labor contract is to be concluded or changed between a Worker and an Employer while giving consideration to work-life balance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 労働者及び使用者は、労働契約を遵守するとともに、信義に従い誠実に、権利を行使し、及び義務を履行しなければならない。 art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3/par-4 A Worker and an Employer must comply with the labor contract, and must exercise their rights and perform their obligations in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 労働者及び使用者は、労働契約に基づく権利の行使に当たっては、それを濫用することがあってはならない。 art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-3/par-5 When exercising their rights under a labor contract, a Worker and an Employer must not abuse such right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働契約法 — the text in force from 2020-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/419AC0000000128/20200401_430AC0000000071), retrieved 2026-09-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Contracts Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3744/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10 - This site's parser, version 211 — 労働契約法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10