# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（退職時等の証明） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（退職時等の証明） — (Certificate of Leaving Employment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22 **第一項** 労働者が、退職の場合において、使用期間、業務の種類、その事業における地位、賃金又は退職の事由（退職の事由が解雇の場合にあつては、その理由を含む。）について証明書を請求した場合においては、使用者は、遅滞なくこれを交付しなければならない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-1 If, on the occasion of leaving employment, a worker requests a certificate stating the period of employment, kind of occupation, position in the business, wages, or reason for leaving (including the grounds for dismissal, if dismissal is the reason for leaving), the employer must deliver one without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 労働者が、第二十条第一項の解雇の予告がされた日から退職の日までの間において、当該解雇の理由について証明書を請求した場合においては、使用者は、遅滞なくこれを交付しなければならない。ただし、解雇の予告がされた日以後に労働者が当該解雇以外の事由により退職した場合においては、使用者は、当該退職の日以後、これを交付することを要しない。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-2 If a worker requests a certificate giving the grounds for dismissal during the period between the day on which the worker is given the advance notice of dismissal referred to in Article 20, paragraph (1) and the day of leaving employment, the employer must deliver this without delay; provided, however, that if, on or after the day that the worker receives advance notice of dismissal, the worker leaves employment for reasons other than the dismissal in question, the employer is not required to deliver such a certificate on or after the day on which that worker leaves employment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の証明書には、労働者の請求しない事項を記入してはならない。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-3 The employer must not include any particular in the certificate referred to in the preceding two paragraphs that the worker does not request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 使用者は、あらかじめ第三者と謀り、労働者の就業を妨げることを目的として、労働者の国籍、信条、社会的身分若しくは労働組合運動に関する通信をし、又は第一項及び第二項の証明書に秘密の記号を記入してはならない。 art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-4 An employer must not collaborate with a third party in advance to communicate any information concerning the nationality, creed, social status, or union activities of a worker, nor include any secret message in a certificate referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), with the intent to impede the employment of a worker. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-2: 第二十条第一項 → 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 - art-22/par-3: 前二項 → 労働基準法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 前二項 → 労働基準法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-2 - art-22/par-4: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-4: 第二項 → 労働基準法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第二十二条第三項（退職時等の証明） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-3 - 労働基準法 第二十二条第四項（退職時等の証明） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-22/par-4 - 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 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 附則第二条第一項（退職時の証明に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-2/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