# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41)

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- 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41) — address `art-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第四十一条
<sup>art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-41</sup>

**第一項**  法第七十八条の規定による認定は、様式第十五号により、所轄労働基準監督署長から受けなければならない。この場合においては、使用者は、同条に規定する重大な過失があつた事実を証明する書面をあわせて提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-41/par-1</sup>
A certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 78 of the Act must be obtained according to Form No. 15 from the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned. In this case, the employer shall at same time submit a written document that proves the fact that there has been gross negligence prescribed in the provisions said Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-41/par-1: 法第七十八条 → 労働基準法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-78 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-41/par-1: 様式第十五号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第十五号 (Form No. 15), form-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-15

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## 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