# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十章 (Chapter 10)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards 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: 第十章 (Chapter 10) — address `ch-10`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-04-01, standing until 2028-12-22 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270401_508AC0000000060)
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## 第十章　寄宿舎 — Chapter X Communal Housing
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<sup>ch-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10</sup>

### 第九十四条（寄宿舎生活の自治） — (Autonomy of Life in Communal Housing)
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<sup>art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-94</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、事業の附属寄宿舎に寄宿する労働者の私生活の自由を侵してはならない。
<sup>art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-94/par-1</sup>
An employer must not infringe upon the freedom of the private life of a worker living in the communal housing associated with its business.
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**第二項**  使用者は、寮長、室長その他寄宿舎生活の自治に必要な役員の選任に干渉してはならない。
<sup>art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-94/par-2</sup>
An employer must not try to influence the selection of communal housing leaders, room monitors, and other leaders necessary for the autonomy of life in communal housing.
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### 第九十五条（寄宿舎生活の秩序） — (Order in Communal Housing Life)
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<sup>art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95</sup>

**第一項**  事業の附属寄宿舎に労働者を寄宿させる使用者は、左の事項について寄宿舎規則を作成し、行政官庁に届け出なければならない。これを変更した場合においても同様である。
<sup>art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1</sup>
An employer that has a worker live in communal housing associated with its business must prepare house rules regarding the following particulars, and must notify the relevant government agency of those rules. The same applies when the employer alters these rules:
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  **一**  起床、就寝、外出及び外泊に関する事項
  <sup>art-95/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-1</sup>
  particulars related to getting up, going to bed, going out, and staying out overnight;
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  **二**  行事に関する事項
  <sup>art-95/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-2</sup>
  particulars related to regular events;
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  **三**  食事に関する事項
  <sup>art-95/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-3</sup>
  particulars related to meals;
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  **四**  安全及び衛生に関する事項
  <sup>art-95/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-4</sup>
  particulars related to safety and health;
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  **五**  建設物及び設備の管理に関する事項
  <sup>art-95/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-5</sup>
  particulars related to the management of buildings and facilities.
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**第二項**  使用者は、前項第一号乃至第四号の事項に関する規定の作成又は変更については、寄宿舎に寄宿する労働者の過半数を代表する者の同意を得なければならない。
<sup>art-95/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-2</sup>
In preparing or altering provisions concerning the particulars referred to in items (i) through (iv) of the preceding paragraph, an employer must obtain the consent of a person representing a majority of workers living in communal housing.
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**第三項**  使用者は、第一項の規定により届出をなすについて、前項の同意を証明する書面を添附しなければならない。
<sup>art-95/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-3</sup>
In notifying the house rules pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the employer must attach a document proving the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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**第四項**  使用者及び寄宿舎に寄宿する労働者は、寄宿舎規則を遵守しなければならない。
<sup>art-95/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-4</sup>
The employer and the workers who live in the communal housing must observe the house rules.
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### 第九十六条（寄宿舎の設備及び安全衛生） — (Communal Housing Facilities and Safety and Health)
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<sup>art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、事業の附属寄宿舎について、換気、採光、照明、保温、防湿、清潔、避難、定員の収容、就寝に必要な措置その他労働者の健康、風紀及び生命の保持に必要な措置を講じなければならない。
<sup>art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96/par-1</sup>
Regarding communal housing associated with a business, the employer must take the necessary measures for ventilation, lighting, illumination, heating, damp-proofing, cleanliness, evacuation, maximum accommodation, and sleeping facilities, and other measures necessary to maintain the health, morals and lives of the workers.
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**第二項**  使用者が前項の規定によつて講ずべき措置の基準は、厚生労働省令で定める。
<sup>art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96/par-2</sup>
Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes the standards for measures to be taken by an employer, pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
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### 第九十六条の二（監督上の行政措置） — (Administrative Measures for Supervision)
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<sup>art-96-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-2</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、常時十人以上の労働者を就業させる事業、厚生労働省令で定める危険な事業又は衛生上有害な事業の附属寄宿舎を設置し、移転し、又は変更しようとする場合においては、前条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令で定める危害防止等に関する基準に従い定めた計画を、工事着手十四日前までに、行政官庁に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-2/par-1</sup>
If an employer seeks to establish, move, or alter communal housing associated with a business that continuously employs 10 or more workers or communal housing associated with a business that is dangerous or hazardous to one's health and that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes, the employer must file with the relevant government agency plans that it has established in accordance with the standards for danger and hazard prevention, and related actions that are prescribed by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, no later than 14 days before the start of the construction work for that communal housing.
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**第二項**  行政官庁は、労働者の安全及び衛生に必要であると認める場合においては、工事の着手を差し止め、又は計画の変更を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-2/par-2</sup>
If finding it necessary for the safety and health of the workers, the relevant government agency may suspend the start of construction work or order plans to be altered.
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### 第九十六条の三
<sup>art-96-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-3</sup>

**第一項**  労働者を就業させる事業の附属寄宿舎が、安全及び衛生に関し定められた基準に反する場合においては、行政官庁は、使用者に対して、その全部又は一部の使用の停止、変更その他必要な事項を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-96-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-3/par-1</sup>
If communal housing associated with a business employing a worker is in violation of the standards established for safety and health, the relevant government agency may order the employer to suspend the use of all or part of the communal housing or to alter all or part of the communal housing, and may issue orders on other necessary matters to the employer.
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**第二項**  前項の場合において行政官庁は、使用者に命じた事項について必要な事項を労働者に命ずることができる。
<sup>art-96-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-3/par-2</sup>
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant government agency may order the workers to do as necessary in connection with the particulars for which it has issued orders to the employer.
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## Cites
- art-95/par-2: 前項第一号乃至第四号 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第一項第一号 (Article 95, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-95/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-1
- art-95/par-2: 前項第一号乃至第四号 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第一項第二号 (Article 95, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-95/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-2
- art-95/par-2: 前項第一号乃至第四号 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第一項第三号 (Article 95, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-95/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-3
- art-95/par-2: 前項第一号乃至第四号 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第一項第四号 (Article 95, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-95/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1/item-4
- art-95/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第一項 (Article 95, paragraph (1)), art-95/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-1
- art-95/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十五条第二項 (Article 95, paragraph (2)), art-95/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-95/par-2
- art-96/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96/par-1
- art-96-2/par-1: 前条 → 労働基準法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96
- art-96-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第九十六条の三第一項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (1)), art-96-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-10#art-96-3/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text as 令和八年法律第六十号 leaves it, from 2027-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20270401_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
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