In the event that the periods stipulated in items (i) to (iv) of paragraph (3) of Article 12 of the Act are three months or more preceding the day on which there arises a need for calculation of a worker's average wage, or in the event there arises a need for calculation of a worker's average wage on the day that the worker is taken into employment, the average wage of the worker shall be stipulated by the directors of the prefectural labor offices.
法第十二条第三項第一号から第四号までの期間が平均賃金を算定すべき事由の発生した日以前三箇月以上にわたる場合又は雇入れの日に平均賃金を算定すべき事由の発生した場合の平均賃金は、都道府県労働局長の定めるところによる。
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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.