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都道府県労働局長(とどうふけんろうどうきょくちょう)

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 prefe…

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.

労働基準監督署長(ろうどうきじゅんかんとくしょちょう)

The head of a labor standards inspection office (労働基準監督署), one of the offices under each prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局) that carry out the Labor Standards Act (Labor Standards…

Written by AI using Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 99 and Act on Ensuring Wage Payment, Arts. 3, 4, 7, 13, 14 as a reference.

総括安全衛生管理者(そうかつあんぜんえいせいかんりしゃ)

The person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to direct the safety managers (安全管理者), the health managers (衛生管理者) and certain ot…

Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 17, 18, 19, 99-2 as a reference.

安全管理者(あんぜんかんりしゃ)

A person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace in the industries and of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, from among people with the qualifications an Order of the Min…

Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 11, 17, 19, 19-2, 99-2 as a reference.

衛生管理者(えいせいかんりしゃ)

A person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, according to the kinds of work done there, from among people licensed by the direct…

Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 19-2, 99-2 as a reference.

作業主任者(さぎょうしゅにんしゃ)

A person an employer (事業者) must appoint, for each class of work, where the work needs controls to prevent industrial accidents (労働災害) — work in high-pressure chambers (高圧室内作業) and…

Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 14, 60 as a reference.

地方運輸局長(ちほううんゆきょくちょう)

The head of a district transport bureau (地方運輸局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省), a national ministry (Act for Establ…

Written by AI using Road Transport Vehicle Act, Arts. 54, 78, 105, Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Arts. 2, 4, 30, 35, 36, National Government Organization Act, Arts. 3, 9, Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes, Arts. 3, 4, 5, 21 and Minimum Wage Act, Art. 35 as a reference.

公共職業安定所(こうきょうしょくぎょうあんていじょ)

A national government office that does job placement (職業紹介) between job seekers and employers, vocational guidance and employment insurance (雇用保険) work, and other work the Employme…

Written by AI using Employment Security Act, Art. 8 and Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 23 as a reference.

skill training course

技能講習(ぎのうこうしゅう)

A skill training course under Article 14 or Article 61, paragraph (1), given by a person registered with the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長), whose completion qualifies a person to be appointed an operations supervisor (作業主任者) or to do work such as operating a crane; given for each category in Appended Table 18 as classroom or practical instruction.

exam administration

試験事務(しけんじむ)

The work of running the licensing examinations (免許試験) that the Directors of Prefectural Labour Bureaus (都道府県労働局長) hold under Article 75, paragraph (1), which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have a designated examination board (指定試験機関) carry out in whole or in part.

license

免許(めんきょ)

A license from the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 14 or Article 61, paragraph (1) — to be appointed a health manager or an operations supervisor, or to do work such as operating a crane — granted, by issuing a license certificate, to a person who has passed the licensing examination or has other qualifications a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.

designated examination board

指定試験機関(していしけんきかん)

A body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to carry out all or part of running the licensing examinations (免許試験) that the Directors of Prefectural Labour Bureaus (都道府県労働局長) hold.

practical training

教習(きょうしゅう)

The practical training referred to in Article 75, paragraph (3), given by a person registered with the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) for each category in Appended Table 17, completion of which within the past year can exempt a person from all or part of a licensing examination's written or practical test.

Minimum Wages Council

最低賃金審議会(さいていちんぎんしんぎかい)

The Central Minimum Wages Council (中央最低賃金審議会) or a Regional Minimum Wages Council (地方最低賃金審議会), which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau must ask to study the matter and give its opinion before deciding the regional minimum wage for each region.

committee

委員会(いいんかい)

The dispute coordinating committee (紛争調整委員会) set up in each Prefectural Labor Bureau (都道府県労働局) under Article 6(1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes.

conciliation

調停(ちょうてい)

In Section 2 of Chapter III, the conciliation that the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau (都道府県労働局長) has the dispute coordinating committee (紛争調整委員会) carry out under Article 24(1), which is conducted by three conciliation commissioners (調停委員).

designation

指定(してい)

From Article 75-2 to Article 75-12, the designation by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of a body to carry out all or part of running the licensing examinations (免許試験) the Directors of Prefectural Labour Bureaus hold, made on the application of the body that seeks to do that work.

registered training institution

登録教習機関(とうろくきょうしゅうきかん)

A person registered with the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) under Article 77, paragraph (1) who gives skill training courses (技能講習) or practical training (教習).

licensing examinations

免許試験(めんきょしけん)

The licensing examinations that the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) holds for each category a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets (Article 75, paragraph (1)), given as a written test and a practical test, or either one.

registration

登録(とうろく)

In Article 77, the registration with the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) under Article 14, Article 61, paragraph (1) or Article 75, paragraph (3) to give skill training courses (技能講習) or practical training (教習), made for each category a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, on the application of a person who seeks to give them.

Director-General

職業安定主管局長(しょくぎょうあんていしゅかんきょくちょう)

The Director-General of the main employment security bureau (職業安定主管局), the internal bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that handles employment placement, vocational guidance and other matters of employment security.

safety and health improvement plan

安全衛生改善計画(あんぜんえいせいかいぜんけいかく)

A plan to improve safety or health at a workplace that the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) may instruct an employer to draw up where comprehensive improvements to its facilities or other matters are needed to prevent industrial injuries, other than where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has acted under Article 78, paragraph (1).

wide area employment placement activities

広域職業紹介活動(こういきしょくぎょうしょうかいかつどう)

In Article 25, job placement activities across a wide area that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has the directors of Prefectural Labour Bureaus (都道府県労働局長) and chiefs of Public Employment Security Offices (公共職業安定所長) carry out, under a plan the Minister draws up, to help job seekers in an area where work is hard to find get jobs elsewhere.

registration applicant

登録申請者(とうろくしんせいしゃ)

In Article 77, paragraph (2), a person who has applied to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) for registration to give skill training courses (技能講習) or practical training (教習); the Director must register one who meets every requirement listed there.

person engaged in work to prevent industrial injuries

労働災害防止業務従事者(ろうどうさいがいぼうしぎょうむじゅうじしゃ)

The general safety and health manager, safety manager, health manager, general safety and health supervisor or other person doing work to prevent industrial injuries (労働災害) at a workplace where one has occurred, whom the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長) may instruct the employer to send on a training course to prevent a recurrence (Article 99-2).

disposition or other act

処分等の行為(しょぶんとうのこうい)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Labour Order No. 2 of 2000, a permission or other disposition (処分), or another act, done under a law's provisions or a Cabinet Order (政令) under it. Article 2 treats such an act that a Director of a Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau (都道府県労働基準局長) or a prefectural governor (都道府県知事) did before the decentralization reform law (地方分権推進整備法) came into effect, where the work it concerns is to be handled from that day by the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau (都道府県労働局長) under the laws as that law amended them or Ministry of Labour Orders (労働省令) under them, as done by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau under their corresponding provisions.

application or other act

申請等の行為(しんせいとうのこうい)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Labour Order No. 2 of 2000, an application for a permission or the like, or another act, made to an official under a law's provisions or a Cabinet Order (政令) under it. Article 2 treats such an application or act made to a Director of a Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau (都道府県労働基準局長) or a prefectural governor (都道府県知事) and still pending when the decentralization reform law (地方分権推進整備法) came into effect, where the work it concerns is to be handled from that day by the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau (都道府県労働局長) under the laws as that law amended them or Ministry of Labour Orders (労働省令) under them, as made to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau under their corresponding provisions.