法第十八条第二項、法第二十四条第一項ただし書、法第三十二条の二第一項、法第三十二条の三第一項、法第三十二条の四第一項及び第二項、法第三十二条の五第一項、法第三十四条第二項ただし書、法第三十六条第一項、第八項及び第九項、法第三十七条第三項、法第三十八条の二第二項、法第三十八条の三第一項、法第三十八条の四第二項第一号（法第四十一条の二第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、法第三十九条第四項、第六項及び第九項ただし書並びに法第九十条第一項に規定する労働者の過半数を代表する者（以下この条において「過半数代表者」という。）は、次の各号のいずれにも該当する者とする。
The person representing a majority of the workers (hereinafter referred to as "a representative of the majority of the workers" in this Article) prescribed in paragraph (2) of Article 18, the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 24, paragraph (1) of Article 32-2, paragraph (1) of Article 32-3, paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 32-4, paragraph (1) of Article 32-5, the proviso of paragraph (2) of Article 34, paragraphs (1), (8), and (9) of Article 36, paragraph (3) of Article 37, paragraph (2) of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) of Article 38-3, item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 38-4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 41-2), paragraphs (4), (6), and the proviso of paragraph (9) of Article 39, and paragraph (1) of Article 90 of the Act shall be a person who falls under all of the following items:
法第四十一条第二号に規定する監督又は管理の地位にある者でないこと。
A person who is not in the position of supervision or management prescribed in item (ii) of Article 41 of the Act
法に規定する協定等をする者を選出することを明らかにして実施される投票、挙手等の方法による手続により選出された者であつて、使用者の意向に基づき選出されたものでないこと。
A person who has been elected by a procedure using a method such as voting or a show of hands, conducted after making it clear that a person who is to conclude the agreements, etc. prescribed in the Act is being elected, and who has not been elected based on the intentions of the employer.
前項第一号に該当する者がいない事業場にあつては、法第十八条第二項、法第二十四条第一項ただし書、法第三十九条第四項、第六項及び第九項ただし書並びに法第九十条第一項に規定する労働者の過半数を代表する者は、前項第二号に該当する者とする。
At a workplace where there is no person who falls under item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the person who represents the majority of the workers prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (2) of the Act, the proviso to Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Act, Article 39, paragraphs (4) and (6) and the proviso to paragraph (9) of the Act, and Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be a person who falls under item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
使用者は、労働者が過半数代表者であること若しくは過半数代表者になろうとしたこと又は過半数代表者として正当な行為をしたことを理由として不利益な取扱いをしないようにしなければならない。
An employer shall not treat a worker disadvantageously on the grounds that that worker is a representative of the majority of the workers, attempted to become a representative of the majority of the workers, or took a justifiable action as a representative of the majority of the workers.
An employer must give necessary consideration so that a representative of the majority of the workers is able to smoothly carry out the affairs concerning the agreements, etc. prescribed in the Act.