Article 99Authority of the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau
第九十九条（労働基準主管局長等の権限）
The Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, directs and supervises the directors of the prefectural labor offices; administers particulars connected with the establishment, amendment, or repeal of laws and regulations concerning labor standards, particulars connected with the appointment, dismissal, and training of labor standards inspectors, particulars connected with the establishment and adjustment of regulations concerning inspection methods, particulars of the preparation of an annual report on inspections, particulars connected with the Labor Policy Council and Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Investigative Council (limited to the particulars connected with the Labor Policy Council that are related to working conditions and the protection of workers), and other particulars connected with to the enforcement of this Act; and directs and supervises staff members who belong to the Bureau.
The directors of the prefectural labor offices, under the direction and supervision of the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, direct and supervise the directors of the labor standards inspection offices within their jurisdiction; administer the particulars of the adjustment of inspection methods and other particulars connected with the enforcement of this Act; and direct and supervise staff members who belong to their offices.
都道府県労働局長は、労働基準主管局長の指揮監督を受けて、管内の労働基準監督署長を指揮監督し、監督方法の調整に関する事項その他この法律の施行に関する事項をつかさどり、所属の職員を指揮監督する。
The directors of the labor standards inspection offices, under the direction and supervision of the director of the Prefectural Labor Office, administer inspections, examinations, approvals, acknowledgments, investigations, arbitration, and other particulars connected with the implementation of this Act, and direct and supervise staff members who belong to their offices.
労働基準監督署長は、都道府県労働局長の指揮監督を受けて、この法律に基く臨検、尋問、許可、認定、審査、仲裁その他この法律の実施に関する事項をつかさどり、所属の職員を指揮監督する。
The Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau and the directors of prefectural labor offices may themselves exercise the powers of subordinate government agencies or may have labor standards inspectors belonging to their offices exercise those powers.
労働基準主管局長及び都道府県労働局長は、下級官庁の権限を自ら行い、又は所属の労働基準監督官をして行わせることができる。