A Prefectural Labour Relations Commission is established under the jurisdiction of the prefectural governor.
都道府県知事の所轄の下に、都道府県労働委員会を置く。
The Prefectural Labour Relations Commission is to be composed of thirteen members each, eleven members each, nine members each, seven members each, or five members each for employer members, labor members, and public interest members, respectively, for the number as specified by Cabinet Order; provided, however, that it may be composed of the number of members adding two members each of employer members, labor members, and public interest members to the number specified by Cabinet Order, pursuant to the provisions of Prefectural Order.
The prefectural governor appoints the employer members based upon the recommendations of the employers' organizations, the labor members based upon the recommendations of the labor unions, and the public interest members with the consent of the employer members and the labor members.
The appointment of public interest members is to be made in accordance with the number of public interest members listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table for the Prefectural Labour Relations Commission (for Prefectural Labour Relations Commissions composed of members with two members added to the number specified by Cabinet Order pursuant to the proviso to paragraph 2 of this Article, the number of public interest members that added those two members ), and the number of public interest members exceeding the number specified in the right-hand column of the Table must not belong to the same political party.
When a public interest member has contravened the provisions of the preceding paragraph due to their actions, the member is to retire as a matter of course.
The provisions of Article 19-3, paragraph (6); Article 19-4, paragraph (1); Article 19-5; Article 19-7, the first sentence of paragraph (1), paragraph (2) and paragraph (3); Article 19-8; Article 19-9; and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to Prefectural Labour Relations Commissions. In this case, the term "on a full-time basis" in the proviso to Article 19-3, paragraph (6) is deemed to be replaced with "on a full-time basis pursuant to the provisions of Prefectural Order"; "the Prime Minister" in Article 19-7, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the prefectural governor"; "with the consent of the Central Labour Relations Commission in the case of an employer member or a labor member, or with the consent of both Houses in the case of a public interest member" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the Prefectural Labour Relations Commission"; "the Prime Minister" in paragraph 3 of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the prefectural governor"; "an employer member or a labor member" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a member of the Prefectural Labour Relations Commission"; and "the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare" in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "the prefectural governor."
第十九条の三第六項、第十九条の四第一項、第十九条の五、第十九条の七第一項前段、第二項及び第三項、第十九条の八、第十九条の九並びに前条第一項の規定は、都道府県労働委員会について準用する。この場合において、第十九条の三第六項ただし書中「、常勤」とあるのは「、条例で定めるところにより、常勤」と、第十九条の七第二項中「内閣総理大臣」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と、「使用者委員及び労働者委員にあつては中央労働委員会の同意を得て、公益委員にあつては両議院」とあるのは「都道府県労働委員会」と、同条第三項中「内閣総理大臣」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と、「使用者委員又は労働者委員」とあるのは「都道府県労働委員会の委員」と、前条第一項中「厚生労働大臣」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と読み替えるものとする。