Draft Cabinet Order and Ministerial Ordinance amendments on industrial safety and health
「労働安全衛生法施行令の一部を改正する政令案」及び「労働安全衛生規則の一部を改正する省令案」に関する御意見の募集について
Published: 2026-10-20 · Source: e-Gov Public Comment · Stage: Public Comment Open · Area: Labor / Employment · Impact (preliminary): Medium · Comment deadline: 2026-11-18 16:00 JST · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-10-22
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AI summary
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Summary
On 2026-10-20, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare published for public comment a draft Cabinet Order amending the Enforcement Order of the Industrial Safety and Health Act and a draft Ministerial Ordinance amending the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health. The stated comment deadline is 2026-11-18 16:00 JST; the contact office is the Chemical Substances Control Division, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Labour Standards Bureau.
Business Impact
Employers and workers covered by these industrial safety and health instruments may be affected by the proposed amendments, but the listing does not identify the provisions or specific activities concerned.
Recommended Action
Review of the official Japanese consultation documents would help clarify the proposed changes, their scope and any proposed implementation dates.
Timeline of related official records
Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.
- 2026-10-20 — Draft published for public comment (e-Gov) Original Japanese source
- 2026-11-18 — Public comment deadline (2026-11-18 16:00 JST) Original Japanese source
What happens next
General procedure: after a consultation closes, the ministry usually publishes the comments received and its responses, and may then adopt the instrument, possibly revised, or not adopt it. This dashboard has not yet matched a promulgated instrument with exactly this name. This is not a forecast of the outcome.