# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八十条 (Article 80)

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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
- 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: 第八十条 (Article 80)（葬祭料） — address `art-80`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第八十条（葬祭料） — (Funeral Expenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-80</sup>

**第一項**  労働者が業務上死亡した場合においては、使用者は、葬祭を行う者に対して、平均賃金の六十日分の葬祭料を支払わなければならない。
<sup>art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-80/par-1</sup>
If a worker has died at work, the employer must pay an amount equivalent to 60 working days at the average wage, as funeral expenses to the person managing the funeral rites.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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
