# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七章 (Chapter 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7. 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 (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: 第七章 (Chapter 7) — address `ch-7` - 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) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/ch-7 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第七章　技能者の養成 — Chapter VII Training of Skilled Laborers heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7 ### 第六十九条（徒弟の弊害排除） — (Elimination of Harmful Practices in Apprenticeships) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-69 **第一項** 使用者は、徒弟、見習、養成工その他名称の如何を問わず、技能の習得を目的とする者であることを理由として、労働者を酷使してはならない。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-69/par-1 An employer must not exploit an apprentice, student, trainee, or other worker, regardless of their category, on the grounds that the person is seeking to acquire a skill. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、技能の習得を目的とする労働者を家事その他技能の習得に関係のない作業に従事させてはならない。 art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-69/par-2 An employer must not employ a worker who is seeking to acquire a skill, in domestic work or other work unrelated to the acquisition of that skill. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十条（職業訓練に関する特例） — (Special Provisions Regarding Vocational Training) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-70 **第一項** 職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第二十四条第一項（同法第二十七条の二第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の認定を受けて行う職業訓練を受ける労働者について必要がある場合においては、その必要の限度で、第十四条第一項の契約期間、第六十二条及び第六十四条の三の年少者及び妊産婦等の危険有害業務の就業制限、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止並びに第六十四条の二の妊産婦等の坑内業務の就業制限に関する規定について、厚生労働省令で別段の定めをすることができる。ただし、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止に関する規定については、満十六歳に満たない者に関しては、この限りでない。 art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-70/par-1 If it is necessary for a worker receiving vocational training which has received recognition provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act), the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) concerning the contract period, the provisions of Article 62 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for minors, the provisions of Article 64-3 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for expectant and postnatal mothers and others, the provisions of Article 63 concerning the ban on underground work by minors, and the provisions of Article 64-2 concerning restrictions on underground work by expectant and postnatal mothers may be otherwise provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that this is necessary; provided, however, that regarding the ban on underground work by minors referred to in Article 63, this does not apply to persons under 16 years of age. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If it is necessary for a worker receiving vocational training which has received recognition provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act), the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) concerning the contract period, the provisions of Articles 62 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for minors, the provisions of Article 64-3 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for expectant and postnatal mothers and others, the provisions of Article 63 concerning the ban on underground work by minors, and the provisions of Article 64-2 concerning restrictions on underground work by expectant and postnatal mothers may be otherwise provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that this is necessary; provided, however, that regarding the ban on underground work by minors referred to in Article 63, this does not apply to persons under 16 years of age." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb ### 第七十一条 art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-71 **第一項** 前条の規定に基いて発する厚生労働省令は、当該厚生労働省令によつて労働者を使用することについて行政官庁の許可を受けた使用者に使用される労働者以外の労働者については、適用しない。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-71/par-1 An Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article does not apply to workers other than those employed by an employer who has obtained permission from the relevant government agency for the employment of workers, pursuant to that Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十二条 art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-72 **第一項** 第七十条の規定に基づく厚生労働省令の適用を受ける未成年者についての第三十九条の規定の適用については、同条第一項中「十労働日」とあるのは「十二労働日」と、同条第二項の表六年以上の項中「十労働日」とあるのは「八労働日」とする。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-72/par-1 To apply the provisions of Article 39 to minors who are subject to the application of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the provisions of Article 70, the phrase "10 working days" in Article 39, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "12 working days", and the phrase "10 working days" in the "6 years or more" column of the table in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "8 working days". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十三条 art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-73 **第一項** 第七十一条の規定による許可を受けた使用者が第七十条の規定に基いて発する厚生労働省令に違反した場合においては、行政官庁は、その許可を取り消すことができる。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-73/par-1 If an employer that has received permission under Article 71 violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70, the relevant government agency may revoke that permission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七十四条 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-74 **第一項** 削除 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-74/par-1 Deleted Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70/par-1: 職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第二十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000064, 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-70/par-1: 同法第二十七条の二第二項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000064, 第二十七条の二第二項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (2)), art-27-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-70/par-1: 第十四条第一項 → 労働基準法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-2#art-14/par-1 - art-70/par-1: 第六十二条 → 労働基準法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-6#art-62 - art-70/par-1: 第六十四条の三 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の三 (Article 64-3), art-64-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-6-2#art-64-3 - art-70/par-1: 第六十三条 → 労働基準法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-6#art-63 - art-70/par-1: 第六十四条の二 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2), art-64-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-6-2#art-64-2 - art-71/par-1: 前条 → 労働基準法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-70 - art-72/par-1: 第七十条 → 労働基準法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-70 - art-72/par-1: 第三十九条 → 労働基準法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-4/from-art-39#art-39 - art-72/par-1: 同条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-4/from-art-39#art-39/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 同条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-4/from-art-39#art-39/par-2 - art-73/par-1: 第七十一条 → 労働基準法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-71 - art-73/par-1: 第七十条 → 労働基準法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000060/text/ch-7#art-70 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of eight provisions that cite one provision as several or put "a" before a plural, written 2026-10-07 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act (労働基準法), Article 70, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27