# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八十五条 (Article 85)

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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: 第八十五条 (Article 85)（審査及び仲裁） — address `art-85`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85
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### 第八十五条（審査及び仲裁） — (Administrative Review and Arbitration)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85</sup>

**第一項**  業務上の負傷、疾病又は死亡の認定、療養の方法、補償金額の決定その他補償の実施に関して異議のある者は、行政官庁に対して、審査又は事件の仲裁を申し立てることができる。
<sup>art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-1</sup>
A persons who objects to an acknowledgment regarding an injury, illness, or death at work; to the means of medical treatment; to the determination of the amount of compensation; or to anything concerning the implementation of that compensation, may file a petition with the relevant government agency for an administrative review or for case arbitration.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  行政官庁は、必要があると認める場合においては、職権で審査又は事件の仲裁をすることができる。
<sup>art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-2</sup>
If finding it necessary, the relevant government agency may undertake an administrative review, or arbitrate a case on its own authority.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により審査若しくは仲裁の申立てがあつた事件又は前項の規定により行政官庁が審査若しくは仲裁を開始した事件について民事訴訟が提起されたときは、行政官庁は、当該事件については、審査又は仲裁をしない。
<sup>art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-3</sup>
If a civil action has been filed regarding a case for which a person has filed a petition for administrative review or arbitration, pursuant to paragraph (1), or regarding a case for which the relevant government agency has commenced an administrative review or arbitration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the relevant government agency does not conduct an administrative review or arbitration relating to that case
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  行政官庁は、審査又は仲裁のために必要であると認める場合においては、医師に診断又は検案をさせることができる。
<sup>art-85/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-4</sup>
If finding it necessary to do so for an administrative review or arbitration, the relevant government agency may have a physician make a diagnosis or perform an examination.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  第一項の規定による審査又は仲裁の申立て及び第二項の規定による審査又は仲裁の開始は、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、これを裁判上の請求とみなす。
<sup>art-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-5</sup>
With regard to the postponement of completion and the renewal of prescription, an application for administrative review or arbitration under the provisions of paragraph (1) and the commencement of administrative review or arbitration under the provisions of paragraph (2) are deemed to be a judicial claim.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-85/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第八十五条第一項 (Article 85, paragraph (1)), art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-1
- art-85/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-2
- art-85/par-5: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第八十五条第一項 (Article 85, paragraph (1)), art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-1
- art-85/par-5: 第二項 → 労働基準法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法 第八十五条第三項（審査及び仲裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-3
- 労働基準法 第八十五条第五項（審査及び仲裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-85/par-5
- 労働基準法 第八十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-86/par-1
- 労働基準法 第八十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-86/par-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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-001, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
