# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第六十九条 (Article 69)

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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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（徒弟の弊害排除） — address `art-69`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第六十九条（徒弟の弊害排除） — (Elimination of Harmful Practices in Apprenticeships)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-69</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、徒弟、見習、養成工その他名称の如何を問わず、技能の習得を目的とする者であることを理由として、労働者を酷使してはならない。
<sup>art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-69/par-1</sup>
An employer must not exploit an apprentice, student, trainee, or other worker, regardless of their category, on the grounds that the person is seeking to acquire a skill.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、技能の習得を目的とする労働者を家事その他技能の習得に関係のない作業に従事させてはならない。
<sup>art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-69/par-2</sup>
An employer must not employ a worker who is seeking to acquire a skill, in domestic work or other work unrelated to the acquisition of that skill.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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 第四十四条第一項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/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
