If something has occurred that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a serious industrial injury(hereinafter referred to as a "serious industrial injury" in this Article), and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to fall under a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one in which it is necessary to do so in order to prevent the recurrence of a serious industrial injury, the minister, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may instruct an employer that it must prepare a plan to improve the safety or health of its workplace (hereinafter referred to as a "special safety and health improvement plan") and submit it to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Before preparing a special safety and health improvement plan, an employer must hear the opinion of a labor union consisting of the majority of workers at the workplace, if there is any, or the person representing the majority of workers at the workplace, if there is no labor union consisting of the majority of workers.
事業者は、特別安全衛生改善計画を作成しようとする場合には、当該事業場に労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときにおいてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときにおいては労働者の過半数を代表する者の意見を聴かなければならない。
An employer as referred to in paragraph (1) and its workers must observe the special safety and health improvement plan.
第一項の事業者及びその労働者は、特別安全衛生改善計画を守らなければならない。
On finding that a special safety and health improvement plan is not adequate to prevent the recurrence of a serious industrial injury, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may instruct the employer to change the plan.
厚生労働大臣は、特別安全衛生改善計画が重大な労働災害の再発の防止を図る上で適切でないと認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業者に対し、当該特別安全衛生改善計画を変更すべきことを指示することができる。
If an employer that has been instructed as under the provisions of paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph has failed to do as instructed or if an employer that has prepared a special safety and health improvement plan has failed to follow that plan; and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that this is likely to cause a serious industrial injury, the minister may make recommendations to the employer to take the necessary measures to prevent a serious industrial injury.
厚生労働大臣は、第一項若しくは前項の規定による指示を受けた事業者がその指示に従わなかつた場合又は特別安全衛生改善計画を作成した事業者が当該特別安全衛生改善計画を守つていないと認める場合において、重大な労働災害が再発するおそれがあると認めるときは、当該事業者に対し、重大な労働災害の再発の防止に関し必要な措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。
If an employer that has received a recommendation under the preceding paragraph has failed to follow this, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may publicize this.
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