# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23. 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（金品の返還） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（金品の返還） — (Return of Money and Goods) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23 **第一項** 使用者は、労働者の死亡又は退職の場合において、権利者の請求があつた場合においては、七日以内に賃金を支払い、積立金、保証金、貯蓄金その他名称の如何を問わず、労働者の権利に属する金品を返還しなければならない。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23/par-1 If a worker dies or leaves employment and the employer is requested to do so by a right holder, the employer must pay the wages and return reserve funds, security deposits, savings, and any other money or goods to which the worker is entitled, regardless of what it may be called, within 7 days. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の賃金又は金品に関して争がある場合においては、使用者は、異議のない部分を、同項の期間中に支払い、又は返還しなければならない。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23/par-2 If there is a dispute over the wages, money, or goods referred to in the preceding paragraph, the employer must pay or return any undisputed portion of this within the period referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第五条第一項第一号（法第十九条の二十六第一項第二号の出入国又は労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-5/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第二十三条第二項（金品の返還） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-23/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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