Article 19-4 — Labor Union Act — japanlaw

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Article 19-4Disqualification Clause of Members

第十九条の四（委員の欠格条項）

A person who has been sentenced to punishment of imprisonment or a greater punishment, and who is still under the execution of the sentence or who has not ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence, may not become a member.

拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わるまで、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者は、委員となることができない。

A person who falls under any of the following items may not become a public interest member:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、公益委員となることができない。

a member of the Diet or a member of the assembly of a local government;

国会又は地方公共団体の議会の議員

an officer of an agency engaged in administrative execution, an employee of an agency engaged in administrative execution, or a member or officer of a labor union formed or joined by employees of an agency engaged in administrative execution;

行政執行法人の役員、行政執行法人職員又は行政執行法人職員が結成し、若しくは加入する労働組合の組合員若しくは役員

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employee of an agency engaged in administrative execution
行政執行法人職員（ぎょうせいしっこうほうじんしょくいん）
In Chapter IV of this Act, a national public employee in the regular service (一般職) who works at an agency engaged in administrative execution (行政執行法人), as Article 2, item 2 of the Act on Labor Relations of Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution (Act No. 257 of 1948) defines such employees (職員).
Article 19-3, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
public interest members
公益委員（こうえきいいん）
A member of a Labour Relations Commission (労働委員会) who represents the public interest; each commission has equal numbers of these, of members representing employers and of members representing workers.
Article 19, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
agency engaged in administrative execution
行政執行法人（ぎょうせいしっこうほうじん）
In Article 19-3(2), Article 19-4(2)(ii) and Article 19-10(1), an incorporated administrative agency (独立行政法人) of the kind Article 2(4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies defines: one set up by its own Act to carry out, accurately and reliably, public work closely tied to the national government's administration under substantial government involvement, against a plan for targets the government sets for each business year.
独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項に規定する行政執行法人
Article 19-3, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
labor unions
労働組合（ろうどうくみあい）
An organization, or a federation of organizations, that workers form on their own initiative and mainly run themselves, with the main aim of keeping up and improving working conditions and otherwise raising their economic standing — but not one that lets officers, supervisors with direct say over hiring, firing, promotion or transfers, or others who represent the employer's interests take part, one that has the employer pay its running costs (beyond paid time for talks with the employer, gifts to welfare funds and a minimal office), one that exists only for mutual aid or other welfare work, or one aimed mainly at political or social movements.
労働者が主体となつて自主的に労働条件の維持改善その他経済的地位の向上を図ることを主たる目的として組織する団体又はその連合団体
Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
members
委員（いいん）
In Articles 19-4 to 19-9 of this Act, a member of the Central Labour Relations Commission (中央労働委員会).
Article 19-3, paragraph (6)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 46 of 2026)民法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律

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