# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五十六条 (Article 56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56. 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56) — address `art-56` - 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-56 - e-Gov law ID: 322M40000100023 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十六条 art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56 **第一項** 法第百九条の規定による記録を保存すべき期間の計算についての起算日は次のとおりとする。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1 The starting point of a preservation period of records under Article 109 of the Act shall be as follows: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 労働者名簿については、労働者の死亡、退職又は解雇の日 art-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-1 Date of the death, retirement or dismissal of a worker for a roster of workers Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 賃金台帳については、最後の記入をした日 art-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-2 Date when the last entry is made for a wage ledger Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 雇入れ又は退職に関する書類については、労働者の退職又は死亡の日 art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-3 Date of the retirement or death of a worker for documents concerning the hiring or retirement of a worker Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 災害補償に関する書類については、災害補償を終わつた日 art-56/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-4 For documents concerning accident compensation, the day on which the accident compensation was completed machine translation, not official **五** 賃金その他労働関係に関する重要な書類については、その完結の日 art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-5 The end date of the employment contract of a worker for important documents concerning wages or labor relationship Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、賃金台帳又は賃金その他労働関係に関する重要な書類を保存すべき期間の計算については、当該記録に係る賃金の支払期日が同項第二号又は第五号に掲げる日より遅い場合には、当該支払期日を起算日とする。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to the calculation of the period for which a wage ledger or important documents concerning wages and other labor relations are to be preserved, in the case where the due date for payment of the wages pertaining to the record is later than the day listed in item (ii) or item (v) of that paragraph, that due date for payment is to be the day from which the period is counted. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定は、第二十四条の二の二第三項第四号イ、第二十四条の二の二の二、第二十四条の二の三第三項第四号イ及び第二十四条の二の三の二に規定する労働者の労働時間の状況に関する労働者ごとの記録、第二十四条の二の四第二項（第三十四条の二の三において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する議事録、年次有給休暇管理簿並びに第三十四条の二第十五項第四号イからヘまでに掲げる事項に関する対象労働者ごとの記録について準用する。 art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the records for each worker concerning the status of the working hours of workers provided in (a) of item (iv) of paragraph (3) of Article 24-2-2, Article 24-2-2-2, (a) of item (iv) of paragraph (3) of Article 24-2-3 and Article 24-2-3-2, the minutes provided in paragraph (2) of Article 24-2-4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-2-3), the annual paid leave management register, and the records for each covered worker concerning the matters listed in (a) through (f) of item (iv) of paragraph (15) of Article 34-2. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-56/par-1: 法第百九条 → 労働基準法 第百九条 (Article 109), art-109 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-109 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049) - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-2: 同項第二号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 56, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-56/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-2 - art-56/par-2: 第五号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第一項第五号 (Article 56, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-56/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-1/item-5 - art-56/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-2 - art-56/par-3: 第二十四条の二の二第三項第四号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の二第三項第四号 (Article 24-2-2, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-24-2-2/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-2/par-3/item-4 - art-56/par-3: 第二十四条の二の二の二 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の二の二 (Article 24-2-2-2), art-24-2-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-2-2 - art-56/par-3: 第二十四条の二の三第三項第四号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の三第三項第四号 (Article 24-2-3, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-24-2-3/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-3/par-3/item-4 - art-56/par-3: 第二十四条の二の三の二 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の三の二 (Article 24-2-3-2), art-24-2-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-3-2 - art-56/par-3: 第二十四条の二の四第二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の四第二項 (Article 24-2-4, paragraph (2)), art-24-2-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-4/par-2 - art-56/par-3: 第三十四条の二の三 → 労働基準法施行規則 第三十四条の二の三 (Article 34-2-3), art-34-2-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-34-2-3 - art-56/par-3: 第三十四条の二第十五項第四号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第三十四条の二第十五項第四号 (Article 34-2, paragraph (15), item (iv)), art-34-2/par-15/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-34-2/par-15/item-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-4/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-7/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-56/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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-007, translated 2026-09-11 - This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10