# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十四条 (Article 14) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14. 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（契約期間等） — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14 - 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. --- ### 第十四条（契約期間等） — (Contract Period) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14 **第一項** 労働契約は、期間の定めのないものを除き、一定の事業の完了に必要な期間を定めるもののほかは、三年（次の各号のいずれかに該当する労働契約にあつては、五年）を超える期間について締結してはならない。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1 Except for labor contracts without fixed terms and except for those in which it is provided that the contract period is the period necessary for the completion of a specific business, it is prohibited to enter into a labor contract for a period exceeding 3 years (or 5 years, for a labor contract falling under one of the following items): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 専門的な知識、技術又は経験（以下この号及び第四十一条の二第一項第一号において「専門的知識等」という。）であつて高度のものとして厚生労働大臣が定める基準に該当する専門的知識等を有する労働者（当該高度の専門的知識等を必要とする業務に就く者に限る。）との間に締結される労働契約 art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-1 a labor contract entered into with a worker who has expert knowledge, skills, or experience (referred to below as "expertise" in this item and Article 41-2, paragraph (1), item (i)) falling under the standards prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as being of a highly advanced level (limited to a worker who is appointed to engage in activities requiring that highly advanced level of expertise). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 満六十歳以上の労働者との間に締結される労働契約（前号に掲げる労働契約を除く。） art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-2 a labor contract entered into with a worker aged 60 years or older (other than a labor contract stated in the preceding item). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、期間の定めのある労働契約の締結時及び当該労働契約の期間の満了時において労働者と使用者との間に紛争が生ずることを未然に防止するため、使用者が講ずべき労働契約の期間の満了に係る通知に関する事項その他必要な事項についての基準を定めることができる。 art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-2 To preemptively prevent disputes from arising between workers and employers when they enter into fixed-term labor contracts and when those labor contracts expire, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prescribe standards for particulars regarding the notice that employers are required to give in connection with the expiration of the period of labor contracts, and other necessary particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 行政官庁は、前項の基準に関し、期間の定めのある労働契約を締結する使用者に対し、必要な助言及び指導を行うことができる。 art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-3 The relevant government agency may give necessary advice and guidance concerning the standards referred to in the preceding paragraph to employers entering into fixed-term labor contracts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-14/par-1/item-1: この号 → 労働基準法 第十四条第一項第一号 (Article 14, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-14/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-1 - art-14/par-1/item-1: 第四十一条の二第一項第一号 → 労働基準法 第四十一条の二第一項第一号 (Article 41-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-41-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-41-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-41-2/par-1/item-1 - art-14/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 労働基準法 第十四条第一項第一号 (Article 14, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-14/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-1 - art-14/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第十四条第一項第一号（契約期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第十四条第一項第二号（契約期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1/item-2 - 労働基準法 第十四条第三項（契約期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-3 - 労働基準法 第七十条第一項（職業訓練に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-70/par-1 - 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 第百二十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-2 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-137/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27