# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第八十七条 (Article 87) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87)（請負事業に関する例外） — address `art-87` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十七条（請負事業に関する例外） — (Exceptions for Work Contracts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87 **第一項** 厚生労働省令で定める事業が数次の請負によつて行われる場合においては、災害補償については、その元請負人を使用者とみなす。 art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-1 If a business prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is carried out based on multiple levels of work contracts, the main contractor is deemed to be the employer regarding accident compensation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合、元請負人が書面による契約で下請負人に補償を引き受けさせた場合においては、その下請負人もまた使用者とする。但し、二以上の下請負人に、同一の事業について重複して補償を引き受けさせてはならない。 art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the main contractor has by a written contract had a subcontractor assume liability for compensation, that subcontractor also constitutes an employer; provided, however, that the main contractor must not have two or more subcontractors assume liability for compensation regarding the same business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合、元請負人が補償の請求を受けた場合においては、補償を引き受けた下請負人に対して、まづ催告すべきことを請求することができる。ただし、その下請負人が破産手続開始の決定を受け、又は行方が知れない場合においては、この限りでない。 art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-3 In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the main contractor has received a request for compensation, it may request that a demand for compensation first be made to the subcontractor that has assumed liability for compensation; provided, however, that this does not apply if the subcontractor has become subject to an order commencing bankruptcy procedures or is missing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-87/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-1 - art-87/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第八十七条第二項 (Article 87, paragraph (2)), art-87/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第八十七条第二項（請負事業に関する例外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-2 - 労働基準法 第八十七条第三項（請負事業に関する例外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-87/par-3 - 労働基準法施行規則 第四十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-48-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-48-2/par-1 --- ## 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