# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2)（坑内業務の就業制限） — address `art-64-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第六十四条の二（坑内業務の就業制限） — (Restrictions on Underground Operations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、次の各号に掲げる女性を当該各号に定める業務に就かせてはならない。
<sup>art-64-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2/par-1</sup>
An employer must not assign a female worker stated in one of the following items to the operations provided for in that item:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  妊娠中の女性及び坑内で行われる業務に従事しない旨を使用者に申し出た産後一年を経過しない女性　坑内で行われるすべての業務
  <sup>art-64-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a pregnant female worker or a female worker who is not yet one year postnatal and who notifies the employer that she will not engage in underground operations:all underground operations;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  前号に掲げる女性以外の満十八歳以上の女性　坑内で行われる業務のうち人力により行われる掘削の業務その他の女性に有害な業務として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
  <sup>art-64-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a female worker of 18 years of age or more other than one stated in the preceding item:manual underground excavation and other underground operations prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as operations hazardous to female workers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-64-2/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の二第一項第一号 (Article 64-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-64-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 第六十四条の二第一項第二号（坑内業務の就業制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2/par-1/item-2
- 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 第百十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-118/par-1
- 労働基準法 第百十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-118/par-2
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第二項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-2
- 労働基準法 附則第五条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-5/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 第四十四条第二項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-2
- 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 第四十四条第三項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-3
- 少年法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1
- 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 附則第五条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/equal-employment-opportunity-act/suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1

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## 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
