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JPN-1999-L-54633
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Title_of_text
Law amending the Industrial Safety and Health Law [Law No. 57 of 1972]. No. 45.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Japan
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
1999-05-21
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides that a night worker may submit to the employer a document certifying the opinion of a medical expert that night work is harmful to that individual's health. The employer shall, if necessary, take measures to ensure the health of the worker, including transfer of the worker to another job. Also requires suppliers of substances which may be harmful to workers to inform the recipient of the name, ingredients, and physical and chemical properties of the materials in question.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2000-04-01
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1972-06-08 (JPN-1972-L-27779)
Industrial Safety and Health Law (Law No. 57 of 8 June 1972) as amended.
Amended text(s)
1985-07-05 (JPN-1985-L-27785)
Law for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (Law No. 88 of 5 July 1985)
Serial region
Serial title
Kampo Gogai
Date
1999-05-21
Volume
Vol. 1/2
Number
No. 95
Page range
pp. 5-7