# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百六条 (Article 106) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106. 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: 第百六条 (Article 106)（法令等の周知義務） — address `art-106` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第百六条（法令等の周知義務） — (Duty to Make Laws and Regulations Known) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106 **第一項** 使用者は、この法律及びこれに基づく命令の要旨、就業規則、第十八条第二項、第二十四条第一項ただし書、第三十二条の二第一項、第三十二条の三第一項、第三十二条の四第一項、第三十二条の五第一項、第三十四条第二項ただし書、第三十六条第一項、第三十七条第三項、第三十八条の二第二項、第三十八条の三第一項並びに第三十九条第四項、第六項及び第九項ただし書に規定する協定並びに第三十八条の四第一項及び同条第五項（第四十一条の二第三項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに第四十一条の二第一項に規定する決議を、常時各作業場の見やすい場所へ掲示し、又は備え付けること、書面を交付することその他の厚生労働省令で定める方法によつて、労働者に周知させなければならない。 art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-1 An employer must make known to workers the gist of this Act and any Order issued based on this Act, the rules of employment, any agreement provided for in Article 18, paragraph (2), the proviso to Article 24, paragraph (1), Article 32-2, paragraph (1), Article 32-3, paragraph (1), Article 32-4, paragraph (1), Article 32-5, paragraph (1), the proviso to Article 34, paragraph (2), Article 36, paragraph (1), Article 37, paragraph (3), Article 38-2, paragraph (2), Article 38-3, paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraphs (4) and (6), and the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (9), and any resolution as provided for in Article 38-4, paragraph (1), Article 38-4, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 41-2, paragraph (3)), and Article 41-2, paragraph (1), by posting or keeping them in a easily visible location or locations at the workplace at all times, by distributing written copies, or by any other means prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、この法律及びこの法律に基いて発する命令のうち、寄宿舎に関する規定及び寄宿舎規則を、寄宿舎の見易い場所に掲示し、又は備え付ける等の方法によつて、寄宿舎に寄宿する労働者に周知させなければならない。 art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-2 An employer must make known to workers living in communal housing the provisions of this Act and any Order issued pursuant to this Act, relating to communal housing and house rules, by posting or keeping them in a easily visible location or locations in that communal housing, or by other such means. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-106/par-1: 第十八条第二項 → 労働基準法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-18/par-2 - art-106/par-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 労働基準法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-24/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十二条の二第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の二第一項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (1)), art-32-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-2/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十二条の三第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の三第一項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (1)), art-32-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-3/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十二条の四第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十二条の五第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の五第一項 (Article 32-5, paragraph (1)), art-32-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-5/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十四条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-34/par-2 - art-106/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十七条第三項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第三項 (Article 37, paragraph (3)), art-37/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-3 - art-106/par-1: 第三十八条の二第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-2/par-2 - art-106/par-1: 第三十八条の三第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の三第一項 (Article 38-3, paragraph (1)), art-38-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-3/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 第三十九条第四項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第四項 (Article 39, paragraph (4)), art-39/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-4 - art-106/par-1: 第六項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第六項 (Article 39, paragraph (6)), art-39/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-6 - art-106/par-1: 第九項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第九項 (Article 39, paragraph (9)), art-39/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-9 - art-106/par-1: 第三十八条の四第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第一項 (Article 38-4, paragraph (1)), art-38-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-1 - art-106/par-1: 同条第五項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第五項 (Article 38-4, paragraph (5)), art-38-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-5 - art-106/par-1: 第四十一条の二第三項 → 労働基準法 第四十一条の二第三項 (Article 41-2, paragraph (3)), art-41-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-41-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41-2/par-3 - art-106/par-1: 第四十一条の二第一項 → 労働基準法 第四十一条の二第一項 (Article 41-2, paragraph (1)), art-41-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-5 - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十二条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-52-2/par-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第五項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), 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 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27