# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十条 (Article 20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20. 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（解雇の予告） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条（解雇の予告） — (Advance Notice of Dismissal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20 **第一項** 使用者は、労働者を解雇しようとする場合においては、少くとも三十日前にその予告をしなければならない。三十日前に予告をしない使用者は、三十日分以上の平均賃金を支払わなければならない。但し、天災事変その他やむを得ない事由のために事業の継続が不可能となつた場合又は労働者の責に帰すべき事由に基いて解雇する場合においては、この限りでない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-1 If an employer intends to dismiss a worker, the employer must provide at least 30 days' advance notice. An employer not giving 30 days' advance notice must pay the worker the average wage for at least 30 days; provided, however, that this does not apply if continuation of business has become impossible due to a natural disaster or any other unavoidable reason, or if the worker is dismissed for reasons attributable to that worker. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の予告の日数は、一日について平均賃金を支払つた場合においては、その日数を短縮することができる。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-2 The number of days of advance notice referred to in the preceding paragraph may be shortened if the employer pays the worker the average daily wage they would earn for each day by which the advance notice period is shortened. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第二項の規定は、第一項但書の場合にこれを準用する。 art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-1 - art-20/par-3: 前条第二項 → 労働基準法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-2 - art-20/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第二十条第二項（解雇の予告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-2 - 労働基準法 第二十条第三項（解雇の予告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-3 - 労働基準法 第二十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-21/par-1 - 労働基準法 第二十二条第二項（退職時等の証明） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-2 - 労働基準法 第百十四条第一項（付加金の支払） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-114/par-1 - 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7/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