第二十条(労災保険率から非業務災害率を減じた率の増減の率)
The rate specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within the range of 40/100 under Article 12, paragraph (3) of the Act is as set forth in Appended Table 3 (for a construction business or a business of felling of standing trees for which the amount of final insurance premiums for any of the insurance years in the three consecutive insurance years prescribed in that paragraph is 400,000 yen or more but less than 1,000,000 yen, Appended Table 3-2).
第二十条の二(法第十二条の二の厚生労働省令で定める数)
An employer who employs workers in a number equal to or less than the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 12-2 of the Act is an employer who regularly employs 300 or less workers (50 for an employer whose main business is finance or insurance, real estate, or retail, and 100 for an employer whose main business is wholesale or services).
法第十二条の二の厚生労働省令で定める数以下の労働者を使用する事業主は、常時三百人(金融業若しくは保険業、不動産業又は小売業を主たる事業とする事業主については五十人、卸売業又はサービス業を主たる事業とする事業主については百人)以下の数の労働者を使用する事業主とする。
Article 20-3Measures for Ensuring Workers' Safety or Health under Article 12-2 of the Act
第二十条の三(法第十二条の二の労働者の安全又は衛生を確保するための措置)
The measures for ensuring workers' safety or health under Article 12-2 of the Act that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are as follows:
法第十二条の二の労働者の安全又は衛生を確保するための措置で厚生労働省令で定めるものは、次のとおりとする。
Measures for maintaining and promoting workers' health that an employer takes in accordance with the guidelines under Article 70-2, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Act No. 57 of 1972) and that are specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
労働安全衛生法(昭和四十七年法律第五十七号)第七十条の二第一項の指針に従い事業主が講ずる労働者の健康の保持増進のための措置であつて厚生労働大臣が定めるもの
Measures that an employer takes in accordance with the plan prescribed in Article 61-3, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (Order of the Ministry of Labour No. 32 of 1972) that has been certified under the provisions of that paragraph;
労働安全衛生規則(昭和四十七年労働省令第三十二号)第六十一条の三第一項の規定による認定を受けた同項に規定する計画に従い事業主が講ずる措置
Measures for ensuring workers' safety or health, other than those listed in the preceding two items, that are specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、労働者の安全又は衛生を確保するための措置として厚生労働大臣が定めるもの
第二十条の四(労災保険率特例適用申告書)
The matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 12-2 of the Act are as follows:
法第十二条の二の厚生労働省令で定める事項は、次のとおりとする。
Labor insurance number;
労働保険番号
Name of the business and the place where the business is conducted;
事業の名称及び事業の行われる場所
The employer's name or title, and address or location;
事業主の氏名又は名称及び住所又は所在地
an outline of the business conducted by the employer;
事業主が行う事業の概要
the number of workers constantly employed by the employer; and
事業主が常時使用する労働者数
the measures referred to in the preceding Article that the employer has taken to secure safety or health of the workers, and the insurance year in which those measures were taken.
事業主が講じた前条の労働者の安全又は衛生を確保するための措置及び当該措置の講じられた保険年度
The matters listed in item (vi) of the preceding paragraph must be confirmed by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau having jurisdiction over the location of the workplace.
前項第六号に掲げる事項については、事業場の所在地を管轄する都道府県労働局長の確認を受けなければならない。
Documents by which it can be made clear that the measures referred to in the preceding Article to secure safety or health of the workers have been taken must be attached to the written declaration under Article 12-2 of the Act.
The written declaration under Article 12-2 of the Act must be submitted to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare via the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau Concerned.
法第十二条の二の申告書は、所轄都道府県労働局長を経由して厚生労働大臣に提出しなければならない。
第二十条の六(労災保険率から非業務災害率を減じた率の増減の率に係る特例)
The rate specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within the scope of 45/100 under Article 12, paragraph (3) of the Act as applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 12-2 of the Act is as set forth in Appended Table 3-3.
Article 21Basis for Calculating Class I Special Enrollment Insurance Premium
第二十一条(第一種特別加入保険料の算定基礎)
The amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 13 of the Act is the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance of a person who has been made able to receive insurance benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as an "insured person of Class I special enrollment"); provided, however, that the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 13 of the Act for a person who has newly become an insured person of Class I special enrollment in the middle of an insurance year or a person who has ceased to fall under the persons listed in Article 33, items (i) and (ii) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including a person for whom there has been the approval of the government under Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act or the revocation of approval pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article) is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing by 12 the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance (if the amount includes a fraction of less than one yen, the fraction is rounded up to one yen) by the number of months of the period during which the person was an insured person of Class I special enrollment during that insurance year (if the number of months includes a fraction of less than one month, it is deemed to be one month).
法第十三条の厚生労働省令で定める額は、労災保険法第三十四条第一項の規定により労災保険法の規定による保険給付を受けることができることとされた者(以下「第一種特別加入者」という。)の労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額とする。ただし、保険年度の中途に新たに第一種特別加入者となつた者又は労災保険法第三十三条第一号及び第二号に掲げる者に該当しなくなつた者(労災保険法第三十四条第二項の政府の承認又は同条第三項の規定による承認の取消しがあつた者を含む。)の法第十三条の厚生労働省令で定める額は、労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額を十二で除して得た額(その額に一円未満の端数があるときは、これを一円に切り上げる。)に当該者が当該保険年度中に第一種特別加入者とされた期間の月数(その月数に一月未満の端数があるときは、これを一月とする。)を乗じて得た額とする。
For a business with a definite term, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 13 of the Act for an insured person of Class I special enrollment is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing by 12 the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance (if the amount includes a fraction of less than one yen, the fraction is rounded up to one yen) by the number of months of the period from the day on which the person came to be deemed to be a worker employed in the business pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act to the day on which the person ceased to fall under the persons listed in Article 33, items (i) and (ii) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (where, before that day, there was the approval of the government under Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act or the revocation of approval pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article, the day on which there was the approval or the revocation of approval) (if the number of months includes a fraction of less than one month, it is deemed to be one month).
有期事業については、第一種特別加入者の法第十三条の厚生労働省令で定める額は、前項の規定にかかわらず、労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額を十二で除して得た額(その額に一円未満の端数があるときは、これを一円に切り上げる。)に当該者が労災保険法第三十四条第一項第一号の規定により当該事業に使用される労働者とみなされるに至つた日から当該者が労災保険法第三十三条第一号及び第二号に掲げる者に該当しなくなつた日(当該日前に労災保険法第三十四条第二項の政府の承認又は同条第三項の規定による承認の取消しがあつたときは、当該承認又は承認の取消しがあつた日)までの期間の月数(その月数に一月未満の端数があるときは、これを一月とする。)を乗じて得た額とする。
第二十一条の二(法第十三条の厚生労働大臣の定める率)
The rate determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 13 of the Act is zero.
法第十三条の厚生労働大臣の定める率は、零とする。
Article 22Basis for Calculating Class II Special Enrollment Insurance Premium
第二十二条(第二種特別加入保険料の算定基礎)
The amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act is the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-24 of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance of a person who has been made able to receive insurance benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as an "insured person of Class II special enrollment"); provided, however, that the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act for a person who has newly become an insured person of Class II special enrollment in the middle of an insurance year or a person who has ceased to fall under the persons listed in Article 33, items (iii) through (v) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including a person who is a member of an association whose insurance relation has become extinct pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act) is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing by 12 the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-24 of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance (if the amount includes a fraction of less than one yen, the fraction is rounded up to one yen) by the number of months of the period during which the person was an insured person of Class II special enrollment during that insurance year (if the number of months includes a fraction of less than one month, it is deemed to be one month).
法第十四条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める額は、労災保険法第三十五条第一項の規定により労災保険法の規定による保険給付を受けることができることとされた者(以下「第二種特別加入者」という。)の労災則第四十六条の二十四において準用する労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額とする。ただし、保険年度の中途に新たに第二種特別加入者となつた者又は労災保険法第三十三条第三号から第五号までに掲げる者に該当しなくなつた者(労災保険法第三十五条第三項又は第四項の規定により保険関係が消滅した団体の構成員である者を含む。)の法第十四条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める額は、労災則第四十六条の二十四において準用する労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額を十二で除して得た額(その額に一円未満の端数があるときは、これを一円に切り上げる。)に当該者が当該保険年度中に第二種特別加入者とされた期間の月数(その月数に一月未満の端数があるときは、これを一月とする。)を乗じて得た額とする。
Article 23Class II Special Enrollment Insurance Premium Rate
第二十三条(第二種特別加入保険料率)
The Class II special enrollment insurance premium rate under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act is as set forth in Appended Table 5.
Article 23-2Basis for Calculating Class III Special Enrollment Insurance Premium
第二十三条の二(第三種特別加入保険料の算定基礎)
The amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of the Act is the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-25-3 of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance of an insured person of Class III special enrollment; provided, however, that the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of the Act for a person who has newly become an insured person of Class III special enrollment in the middle of an insurance year or a person who has ceased to fall under the persons listed in Article 33, items (vi) and (vii) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including a person for whom there has been the approval of the government under Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act or the revocation of approval under Article 34, paragraph (3) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Act) is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing by 12 the amount listed in the right column of Appended Table 4 corresponding to the basic daily benefit amount under Article 46-20, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-25-3 of the Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinance (if the amount includes a fraction of less than one yen, the fraction is rounded up to one yen) by the number of months of the period during which the person was an insured person of Class III special enrollment during that insurance year (if the number of months includes a fraction of less than one month, it is deemed to be one month).
法第十四条の二第一項の厚生労働省令で定める額は、第三種特別加入者の労災則第四十六条の二十五の三において準用する労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額とする。ただし、保険年度の中途に新たに第三種特別加入者となつた者又は労災保険法第三十三条第六号及び第七号に掲げる者に該当しなくなつた者(労災保険法第三十六条第二項で準用する労災保険法第三十四条第二項の政府の承認又は労災保険法第三十六条第二項で準用する労災保険法第三十四条第三項の承認の取消しがあつた者を含む。)の法第十四条の二第一項の厚生労働省令で定める額は、労災則第四十六条の二十五の三において準用する労災則第四十六条の二十第一項の給付基礎日額に応ずる別表第四の右欄に掲げる額を十二で除して得た額(その額に一円未満の端数があるときは、これを一円に切り上げる。)に当該者が当該保険年度中に第三種特別加入者とされた期間の月数(その月数に一月未満の端数があるときは、これを一月とする。)を乗じて得た額とする。
Article 23-3Class III Special Enrollment Insurance Premium Rate
第二十三条の三(第三種特別加入保険料率)
The Class III special enrollment insurance premium rate under Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of the Act is 3/1,000.
法第十四条の二第一項の第三種特別加入保険料率は、千分の三とする。
Article 24Special Provisions on the Prospective Amount of Total Wages, Etc.
第二十四条(賃金総額の見込額の特例等)
The cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in the items of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act are cases where the prospective amount of the basic amount for calculating insurance premiums for the insurance year in question is 50/100 or more and 200/100 or less of the basic amount for calculating insurance premiums for the immediately preceding insurance year.
The matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act are as follows:
the labor insurance number;
労働保険番号
the name and address or location of the employer;
事業主の氏名又は名称及び住所又は所在地
the prospective amount of the basic amount for calculating insurance premiums (where the prospective amount falls under the preceding paragraph, the basic amount for calculating insurance premiums for the immediately preceding insurance year);
the insurance premium rate;
保険料率
the number of workers pertaining to the business; and
事業に係る労働者数
where the employer has a corporate number, the corporate number of the employer.
事業主が法人番号を有する場合には、当該事業主の法人番号
The submission of the written declaration under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding that pertaining to a business for which the handling of labor insurance administrative affairs has been entrusted to a labor insurance administrative affairs association) (excluding the submission of a written declaration made within 50 days from the day on which the insurance relation was established, for a business for which the insurance relation was established in the middle of an insurance year) is, for a specified corporation (meaning a corporation for which the amount of capital, the amount of contributions, or the total of the amount of the initial contributions under Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act on Limitation on Shareholding by Banks and Other Financial Institutions (Act No. 131 of 2001) and the amount of the contributions upon sale under paragraph (3) of that Article, paid to the Banks' Shareholdings Purchase Corporation by its members pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of that Article exceeds 100,000,000 yen at the start of a business year (meaning the business year prescribed in Articles 13 and 14 of the Corporation Tax Act (Act No. 34 of 1965)), a mutual company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Insurance Business Act (Act No. 105 of 1995), an investment corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (Act No. 198 of 1951), or a specific purpose company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Securitization of Assets (Act No. 105 of 1998); the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article and Article 33, paragraph (2)), to be made using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system that connects, by telecommunications line, the computers used by the Prefectural Labor Bureau (including input and output devices; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 61) with the computers used by the specified corporation; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply where it is found difficult to use the electronic data processing system due to a failure of the telecommunications line, a disaster or any other reason, and where it is found possible to submit the written declaration without using the electronic data processing system.
法第十五条第一項の規定による申告書(労働保険事務組合に労働保険事務の処理が委託されている事業に係るものを除く。)の提出(保険年度の中途に保険関係が成立したものについての当該保険関係が成立した日から五十日以内に行う申告書の提出を除く。)は、特定法人(事業年度(法人税法(昭和四十年法律第三十四号)第十三条及び第十四条に規定する事業年度をいう。)開始の時における資本金の額、出資金の額若しくは銀行等保有株式取得機構がその会員から銀行等の株式等の保有の制限等に関する法律(平成十三年法律第百三十一号)第四十一条第一項及び第三項の規定により納付された同条第一項の当初拠出金の額及び同条第三項の売却時拠出金の額の合計額が一億円を超える法人、保険業法(平成七年法律第百五号)第二条第五項に規定する相互会社、投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律(昭和二十六年法律第百九十八号)第二条第十二項に規定する投資法人又は資産の流動化に関する法律(平成十年法律第百五号)第二条第三項に規定する特定目的会社をいう。次条第三項及び第三十三条第二項において同じ。)にあつては、電子情報処理組織(都道府県労働局の使用に係る電子計算機(入出力装置を含む。以下この項及び第六十一条において同じ。)と特定法人の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。以下この項において同じ。)を使用して行うものとする。ただし、電気通信回線の故障、災害その他の理由により電子情報処理組織を使用することが困難であると認められる場合で、かつ、電子情報処理組織を使用しないで当該申告書の提出を行うことができると認められる場合は、この限りでない。
the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau Concernedmachine translation
「所轄都道府県労働局長」
The Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau (都道府県労働局長) with jurisdiction over where the workplace is located.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
labor insurance administrative affairsmachine translation
「労働保険事務」
The payment of labor insurance premiums (労働保険料) and the other labor insurance (労働保険) matters an employer has to handle, other than those concerning stamp insurance premiums (印紙保険料), which a labor insurance administrative affairs association (労働保険事務組合) can handle for the employers who entrust them to it under Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (3), item (i)
business with a definite termmachine translation
「有期事業」
A business that is planned to last for a set period.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1), item (v)
construction businessmachine translation
「建設の事業」
A business of building, remodelling, maintaining, repairing, altering, destroying or dismantling civil engineering works, buildings or other structures, or of preparing for such work.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1), item (vi)
corporate numbermachine translation
「法人番号」
A corporate number as defined in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (1), item (viii)
basic amount for calculating insurance premiumsmachine translation
「保険料算定基礎額」
The amount a labor insurance premium (労働保険料) is worked out from: the total wages (賃金総額) under Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance, or the total of the amounts a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets under Article 13, Article 14, paragraph (1) or Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of that Act for the special enrollment insurance premiums (特別加入保険料), rounded down to the nearest 1,000 yen.
Defined inArticle 11, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this chapter
final insurance premiummachine translation
「確定保険料」
In Chapter 3, the labor insurance premiums (労働保険料) an employer declares after an insurance year (保険年度), or after a business with a definite term (有期事業) ends, on the actual amounts under Article 19, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance, or the premiums the government fixes under paragraph (4) of that Article where the employer files no declaration or one with errors.
Defined inArticle 11, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this chapter
Industrial Accident Insurance Actmachine translation
「労災保険法」
Short name for the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947).
Short name set inArticle 18, paragraph (1)
Industrial Accident Insurance Ordinancemachine translation
「労災則」
Short name for the ordinance for enforcement of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (労働者災害補償保険法施行規則, Ministry of Labour Order No. 22 of 1955).
Short name set inArticle 18, paragraph (1)
insured person of Class III special enrollmentmachine translation
「第三種特別加入者」
A person sent to work outside Japan, as listed in Article 33, item (vi) or (vii) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act — by a body carrying out technical cooperation in developing regions, or by an employer running a business in Japan — whom the government has approved, on that body's or employer's application under Article 36, paragraph (1) of that Act, to receive its insurance benefits.
Short name set inArticle 18-2, paragraph (1)
insured person of Class I special enrollmentmachine translation
「第一種特別加入者」
A person brought under the insurance benefits of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act by Article 34, paragraph (1) of that Act once the government approves the employer's application: the employer of a small business who entrusts its labor insurance administrative affairs to a labor insurance administrative affairs association (労働保険事務組合), and the people working in that business.
Short name set inArticle 21, paragraph (1)
insured person of Class II special enrollmentmachine translation
「第二種特別加入者」
A person brought under industrial accident insurance (労災保険) by Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act through an association the government has approved: a person who habitually runs a business of a kind a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) specifies without employing workers, a person working in that business, or a person doing a kind of work such an Order specifies.
Short name set inArticle 22, paragraph (1)
specified corporationmachine translation
「特定法人」
A corporation whose capital, its investment or, for the Banks' Shareholdings Purchase Corporation (銀行等保有株式取得機構), the initial and sale-time contributions its members have paid, is over 100 million yen at the start of its business year (事業年度), or a mutual company under the Insurance Business Act, an investment corporation under the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations or a specific purpose company under the Act on the Securitization of Assets; it must file its premium declarations online under Articles 24, 25 and 33.
Defined inArticle 24, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 25, paragraph (3); and Article 33, paragraph (2)
electronic data processing systemmachine translation
「電子情報処理組織」
In Article 24, paragraph (3), the system linking, by telecommunications lines, the computers (including input and output devices) used by the Prefectural Labor Bureaus (都道府県労働局) with those used by a specified corporation (特定法人), through which such a corporation must file its declaration under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance.
Defined inArticle 24, paragraph (3)· applies only in this paragraph
prefectural labor bureau
都道府県労働局
A local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省), a national ministry, so it is part of the national government and not of the prefecture, despite its name (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Articles 2 and 17; National Government Organization Act, Article 9). It handles a share of the Ministry's work, and a Cabinet Order (政令) sets each bureau's name, seat and area (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 21, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署) and public employment security offices (公共職業安定所) are set up where needed to handle parts of its work (Articles 22, paragraph (1), and 23, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Arts. 2, 17, 21, 22, 23 and National Government Organization Act, Art. 9 as a reference.
director of a prefectural labor bureau
都道府県労働局長
The head of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, so part of the national government rather than of the prefecture (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 17; National Government Organization Act, Article 9). The post is filled by a labor standards inspector (労働基準監督官) (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (2)). Under the Labor Standards Act, the director, directed and supervised by the head of the Ministry's Labor Standards Management Bureau (労働基準主管局長), directs and supervises the directors of the labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署長) in the bureau's area, handles the carrying out of that Act, such as coordinating how inspection is done, and directs and supervises the bureau's staff; the director may also exercise the powers of the authorities below (下級官庁) directly, or have the bureau's labor standards inspectors exercise them (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (1), and Article 99, paragraphs (2) and (4)). The heads of public employment security offices (公共職業安定所長) run their offices under the director's direction and supervision (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 17, National Government Organization Act, Art. 9, Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 99 and Employment Security Act, Art. 8 as a reference.