# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第四十条 (Article 40) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40. 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: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号 - English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第四十条 (Article 40) — address `art-40` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40 - e-Gov law ID: 322M40000100023 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第四十条 art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40 **第一項** 障害補償を行うべき身体障害の等級は、別表第二による。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-1 The grades of physically disabled persons eligible for compensation for disabilities shall be listed in appended table 2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 別表第二に掲げる身体障害が二以上ある場合は、重い身体障害の該当する等級による。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-2 When a worker suffers from two or more of the physical disabilities listed in appended table 2, the grade shall be the one for the most serious disability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる場合には、前二項の規定による等級を次の通り繰上げる。但し、その障害補償の金額は、各々の身体障害の該当する等級による障害補償の金額を合算した額を超えてはならない。 art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-3 In any of the following cases, a grade under the preceding two paragraphs shall be raised as follows. However, the amount of the disability compensation for the raised grade must not exceed the total amount of the disability compensation for the grade in which each of the physical disabilities falls: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第十三級以上に該当する身体障害が二以上ある場合　一級 art-40/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-3/item-1 When a worker suffers from two or more of the physical disabilities corresponding to Grade 13 and above:one grade Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第八級以上に該当する身体障害が二以上ある場合　二級 art-40/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-3/item-2 When a worker suffers from two or more of the physical disabilities corresponding to Grade 8 or above:two grades Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第五級以上に該当する身体障害が二以上ある場合　三級 art-40/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-3/item-3 When a worker suffers from two or more of the physical disabilities corresponding to Grade 5 or above:three grades Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 別表第二に掲げるもの以外の身体障害がある者については、その障害程度に応じ、別表第二に掲げる身体障害に準じて、障害補償を行わなければならない。 art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-4 With regard to a worker who suffers from a physical disability other than those listed in appended table 2, disability compensation must be made according to the degree of the disability in the same manner as the disabilities listed in appended table 2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 既に身体障害がある者が、負傷又は疾病によつて同一部位について障害の程度を加重した場合には、その加重された障害の該当する障害補償の金額より、既にあつた障害の該当する障害補償の金額を差し引いた金額の障害補償を行わなければならない。 art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-5 When a worker with an existing physical disability has aggravated the disability of the same part due to an injury or illness, the compensation for the disability must be made in the amount of compensation for the disability corresponding to the aggravated disability less the amount of compensation for the disability corresponding to the existing disability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-1: 別表第二 → 労働基準法施行規則 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/appdx-2 - art-40/par-2: 別表第二 → 労働基準法施行規則 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/appdx-2 - art-40/par-3: 前二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-1 - art-40/par-3: 前二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-2 - art-40/par-4: 別表第二 → 労働基準法施行規則 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/appdx-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第四十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-40/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10 - This site's parser, version 227 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10