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Article 4Advice and Guidance to the Parties

第四条(当事者に対する助言及び指導)

In a case where the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau is requested by one or both parties to an individual labor-related dispute (except disputes which are labor disputes prescribed in Article 6 of the Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Act No. 25 of 1946) and disputes prescribed in ) for assistance in the resolution thereof, the Director may give necessary advice or guidance to the parties to the individual labor-related dispute.

都道府県労働局長は、個別労働関係紛争(労働関係調整法(昭和二十一年法律第二十五号)第六条に規定する労働争議に当たる紛争及びに規定する紛争を除く。)に関し、当該個別労働関係紛争の当事者の双方又は一方からその解決につき援助を求められた場合には、当該個別労働関係紛争の当事者に対し、必要な助言又は指導をすることができる。

If the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau finds it necessary in order to provide the advice or guidance prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Director is to hear the opinions of persons who have broad knowledge of industrial society and have expert knowledge of labor issues.

都道府県労働局長は、前項に規定する助言又は指導をするため必要があると認めるときは、広く産業社会の実情に通じ、かつ、労働問題に関し専門的知識を有する者の意見を聴くものとする。

An employer must not dismiss or otherwise treat a worker disadvantageously due to the reason that the worker has requested the assistance set forth in paragraph (1).

事業主は、労働者が第一項の援助を求めたことを理由として、当該労働者に対して解雇その他不利益な取扱いをしてはならない。

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