# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第五条 (Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5. 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: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号 - English title "Whistleblower Protection 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: 第五条 (Article 5)（不利益取扱いの禁止） — address `art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五条（不利益取扱いの禁止） — Prohibition of Disadvantageous Treatment caption: machine translation, not official art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5 **第一項** 第三条に規定するもののほか、第二条第一項第一号に定める事業者は、その使用し、又は使用していた公益通報者が第三条各号に定める公益通報をしたことを理由として、当該公益通報者に対して、降格、減給、退職金の不支給その他不利益な取扱いをしてはならない。 art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5/par-1 In addition to what is provided for in Article 3, a business operator provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) must not treat a whistleblower who is or was employed by the business operator in a disadvantageous manner, such as by demotion, reduction of salary, or non-payment of retirement allowance, or otherwise, on the grounds that the whistleblower has conducted whistleblowing provided for in the items of Article 3. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条に規定するもののほか、第二条第一項第二号に定める事業者は、その指揮命令の下に労働する派遣労働者である公益通報者が第三条各号に定める公益通報をしたことを理由として、当該公益通報者に対して、当該公益通報者に係る労働者派遣をする事業者に派遣労働者の交代を求めることその他不利益な取扱いをしてはならない。 art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5/par-2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding Article, a business operator provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) must not, on the grounds that a whistleblower who is a dispatched worker working under the directions and orders of the business operator has conducted whistleblowing provided for in the items of Article 3, request that the business operator carrying out the worker dispatch related to the whistleblower replace the dispatched worker, or otherwise treat the whistleblower in a disadvantageous manner. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第二条第一項第四号に定める事業者（同号イに掲げる事業者に限る。次条及び第八条第四項において同じ。）は、その職務を行わせ、又は行わせていた公益通報者が次条各号に定める公益通報をしたことを理由として、当該公益通報者に対して、報酬の減額その他不利益な取扱い（解任を除く。）をしてはならない。 art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5/par-3 A business operator provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) (limited to a business operator stated in (a) of the item; the same applies in the following Article and Article 8, paragraph (4)) must not reduce the remuneration or otherwise treat the whistleblower disadvantageously (excluding dismissal) on the grounds that the whistleblower, who performs or performed duties for the business operator, has conducted whistleblowing provided for in the items of the following Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-5/par-1: 第三条 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3 - art-5/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1/item-1 - art-5/par-2: 前条 → 公益通報者保護法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-4 - art-5/par-2: 第二条第一項第二号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1/item-2 - art-5/par-2: 第三条 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3 - art-5/par-3: 第二条第一項第四号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1/item-4 - art-5/par-3: 次条 → 公益通報者保護法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-6 - art-5/par-3: 第八条第四項 → 公益通報者保護法 第八条第四項 (Article 8, paragraph (4)), art-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1/item-2 - 公益通報者保護法 第四条第一項（労働者派遣契約の解除の無効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-4/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 第八条第一項（解釈規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 第八条第三項（解釈規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-3 - 公益通報者保護法 第九条第一項（一般職の国家公務員等に対する取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-9/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch whistleblower-protection-act-20261026T133420-001, translated 2026-10-26 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch whistleblower-protection-act-20261026T133420-001, translated 2026-10-26 - This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26