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Labor Relations Adjustment Act

労働関係調整法(ろうどうかんけいちょうせいほう)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 20 terms: 3 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 17 in our translation, marked as such.

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labor dispute

労働争議(ろうどうそうぎ)

A situation in which the parties to a labor relationship disagree over their claims about that relationship and, as a result, an act of dispute (争議行為) such as a strike is taking place or is likely to take place.

労働関係の当事者間において、労働関係に関する主張が一致しないで、そのために争議行為が発生してゐる状態又は発生する虞がある状態

Article 6, paragraph (1)
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act of dispute

争議行為(そうぎこうい)

A strike, a slowdown, a lockout or any other action that a party to a labor relationship takes to press its claims, or takes to counter such action, and that obstructs the normal running of the business.

同盟罷業、怠業、作業所閉鎖その他労働関係の当事者が、その主張を貫徹することを目的として行ふ行為及びこれに対抗する行為であつて、業務の正常な運営を阻害するもの

Article 7, paragraph (1)
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public welfare business

公益事業(こうえきじぎょう)

A business essential to the daily life of the public that is one of these: transport; postal, correspondence delivery or telecommunications services; the supply of water, electricity or gas; or medical care or public health. The Prime Minister may also, with the Diet's approval, designate another business as one for up to a year, where its stopping would seriously harm the national economy or seriously endanger the public's daily life.

次に掲げる事業であつて、公衆の日常生活に欠くことのできないもの

Article 8, paragraph (1)
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new laws and regulations

新法令(しんほうれい)

In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 26 of 2008, the Acts (法律) that Act amended, and the orders made under them, as that Act amended them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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new laws and regulations

新法令(しんほうれい)

In Article 28 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 67 of 2014, the Acts (法律) that Act amended, and the orders made under them, as that Act amended them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (1)
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former laws and regulations

旧法令(きゅうほうれい)

In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 26 of 2008, the Acts (法律) that Act amended, and the orders made under them, as they stood before that Act amended them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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public member responsible for general enterprises

一般企業担当公益委員(いっぱんきぎょうたんとうこうえきいいん)

The chairperson of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会) together with the ten members representing the public interest whom the chairperson designates in advance; they are the only public-interest members who take part in the Commission's work when it handles the functions Article 8-3 lists, such as appointing candidates for mediator (あっせん員) under Article 10.

Article 8-3, paragraph (1)
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administrative appeals, etc.

訴願等(そがんとう)

A petition, request for examination, objection or other administrative appeal filed under the old appeal system.

Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)
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application, etc.

申請等(しんせいとう)

In Article 21 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 85 of 1980, an application, notification or other step made, before that Act came into effect, to a national government body (国の機関) affected by its amendments.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 21, paragraph (1)
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application, etc.

申請等(しんせいとう)

In Article 24 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 25 of 1984, an application, notification or other step made, before that Act came into effect, to a Director of a District Maritime Bureau (海運局長), the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department (海運監理部長), the head of a branch or other local office (支局長等) or a Director of a District Land Transport Bureau (陸運局長).

Supplementary Provisions, Article 24, paragraph (1)
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application, etc.

申請等(しんせいとう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 54 of 2002, an application, notification or other step made, before that Act came into effect and under the Acts and orders as they stood before it, to the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department (海運監理部長), a Director of a Land Transport Branch Office (陸運支局長) or of a Maritime Branch Office (海運支局長), or the head of an office of a Land Transport Branch Office.

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new body

新機関(しんきかん)

A national or other public body listed in the right-hand column of the table in Article 2 of the supplementary provisions of Act No. 26 of 2008, such as the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency (観光庁長官), the Japan Transport Safety Board (運輸安全委員会) or the Central Labor Relations Commission (中央労働委員会), which is treated as having made the approvals, designations and other acts of the former body (旧機関) it replaces in that table.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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former body

旧機関(きゅうきかん)

A national government body listed in the middle column of the table in Article 2 of the supplementary provisions of Act No. 26 of 2008, such as the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (航空・鉄道事故調査委員会), the Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency (海難審判庁) or the Central Mariners' Labor Relations Commission (船員中央労働委員会), whose approvals, designations and other acts made before that Act comes into effect count afterwards as made by the body the table puts in its place.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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employer member responsible for agencies engaged in administrative execution

行政執行法人担当使用者委員(ぎょうせいしっこうほうじんたんとうしようしゃいいん)

The four members of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会) appointed on the recommendation of agencies engaged in administrative execution (行政執行法人, government agencies whose staff are national public servants); under Article 25 of the Act on Labor Relations of Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution, they take part in the Commission's work under that Act on the matters that Article lists.

Article 8-2, paragraph (4)
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labor member responsible for agencies engaged in administrative execution

行政執行法人担当労働者委員(ぎょうせいしっこうほうじんたんとうろうどうしゃいいん)

The four members of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会) appointed on the recommendation of labor unions formed or joined by the staff of agencies engaged in administrative execution (行政執行法人); under Article 25 of the Act on Labor Relations of Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution, they take part in the Commission's work under that Act on the matters that Article lists.

Article 8-2, paragraph (4)
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employer member responsible for general enterprises

一般企業担当使用者委員(いっぱんきぎょうたんとうしようしゃいいん)

The members of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会) who represent employers, other than those responsible for agencies engaged in administrative execution (行政執行法人担当使用者委員); they are the only employer members who take part in the Commission's work when it handles the functions Article 8-3 lists, such as appointing candidates for mediator (あっせん員) under Article 10.

Article 8-3, paragraph (1)
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labor member responsible for general enterprises

一般企業担当労働者委員(いっぱんきぎょうたんとうろうどうしゃいいん)

The members of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会) who represent workers, other than those responsible for agencies engaged in administrative execution (行政執行法人担当労働者委員); they are the only worker members who take part in the Commission's work when it handles the functions Article 8-3 lists, such as appointing candidates for mediator (あっせん員) under Article 10.

Article 8-3, paragraph (1)
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determination, etc.

裁決等(さいけつとう)

A ruling, decision or other disposition on an administrative appeal.

Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)
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former Establishment Act

旧設置法(きゅうせっちほう)

Short name, in Article 2 of the supplementary provisions of Act No. 26 of 2008, for the Act establishing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省設置法, Act No. 100 of 1999) as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 26 of 2008 amended it.

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General Rules Amendment Act

通則法改正法(つうそくほうかいせいほう)

Short name, in the supplementary provisions of Act No. 67 of 2014, for the 2014 Act amending the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 66 of 2014), on whose effective date Act No. 67 of 2014 comes into effect.

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