# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七十七条 (Article 77)

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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: 第七十七条 (Article 77)（障害補償） — address `art-77`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第七十七条（障害補償） — (Compensation for Disabilities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-77</sup>

**第一項**  労働者が業務上負傷し、又は疾病にかかり、治つた場合において、その身体に障害が存するときは、使用者は、その障害の程度に応じて、平均賃金に別表第二に定める日数を乗じて得た金額の障害補償を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-77/par-1</sup>
If a worker has sustained an injury, or has contracted an illness at work, and has a physical disability after recovery, the employer must pay compensation for that disability in the amount obtained from the average wage multiplied by the number of days stated in Appended Table 2 according to the degree of that disability.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-77/par-1: 別表第二 → 労働基準法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-2

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 第八十二条第一項（分割補償） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-82/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 附則第二十条第一項（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1
- 労働者災害補償保険法 第十二条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-12-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-12-8/par-2
- 労働者災害補償保険法 第三十四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-34/par-1/item-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第五十四条第一項（支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-54/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第五十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-56/par-1/item-3

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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
