①The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to implement necessary research and studies concerning the working lives of male and female workers respectively.

②If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in enforcing this Act, the Minister may ask for necessary cooperation from the head of relevant administrative organs, such as providing of materials.

③The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request necessary investigation reports from the prefectural governors in enforcing this Act.

①If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in enforcing this Act, the Minister may request reports from employers, or give employers advice, guidance, or recommendations.

②Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives recommendations under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to an employer who has violated the provisions of Articles 5 through 7, Article 9, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 11, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11-3, paragraph (2), Article 17, paragraph (2), and Article 18, paragraph (2)), Article 11-3, paragraph (1), Article 12, and Article 13, paragraph (1), and the employer fails to comply with the recommendations, the Minister may make a public announcement of the violation.

①With regard to the mariners and persons seeking to become mariners prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Mariner's Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948), the term "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare" in Article 4, paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (6), Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, paragraph (5), Article 11-3, paragraph (4), and Article 13, paragraph (3)), Article 10, paragraph (1), Article 11, paragraph (4), Article 11-3, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and the preceding three Articles is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism"; the term "Labor Policy Council" in Article 4, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (6), Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, paragraph (5), Article 11-3, paragraph (4), and Article 13, paragraph (3)) is deemed to be replaced with "Council of Transport Policy"; the term "Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" in Article 6, item (ii), Article 7, Article 9, paragraph (3), Article 11-3, paragraph (1), Article 12, Article 13-2, and Article 29, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism"; the phrase "has requested leave under the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947) or having taken leave under the provisions of that paragraph or paragraph (2) of that Article" in Article 9, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "have not engaged in work pursuant to the provisions of Article 87, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947)"; the phrase "has requested leave under the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act or having taken leave under the provisions of that paragraph or paragraph (2) of that Article" in Article 11-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "have not engaged in work pursuant to the provisions of Article 87 paragraph (1) or (2) of the Mariners Act"; the term "Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau" in Article 17, paragraph (1), Article 18, paragraph (1) and Article 29, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Director of a District Transport Bureau (including Director of the Transport Supervision Department)"; the term "the dispute coordinating committee referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "committee")" in Article 18, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "conciliators appointed from among the persons listed in the mediator candidate list referred to in Article 21, paragraph (3)."

②The provisions of Articles 19 through 27 do not apply to the conciliation conducted by conciliators upon appointment pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

③The administrative work of the conciliation referred to in the preceding paragraph is handled by a panel composed of three conciliators.

④A conciliator loses their position if an order to commence bankruptcy proceedings is issued to the conciliator or the conciliator is sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment.

⑤The provisions of Articles 20 through 27 apply mutatis mutandis to the conciliation referred to in paragraph (2). In such a case, the term "committee" in Articles 20 through 23, and Article 26 is deemed to be replaced with "conciliators"; the phrase "the Prefectural Labor Bureau where that committee is established" in Article 21 is deemed to be replaced with "District Transport Bureau (including the Transport Supervision Department) with the Director of a District Transport Bureau (including the Director of the Transport Supervision Department) that has appointed the relevant conciliator"; and the term "pending in the committee" in Article 26 is deemed to be replaced with "handled by the conciliators"; in Article 27, the term "this Section" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 31, paragraphs (3) through (5)," the term "conciliation" is deemed to be replaced with "the panel and conciliation," and the term "Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" is deemed to be replaced with "Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism."

The provisions of Chapter II, Section 1, Article 13-2, Chapter II, Section 3, the preceding Chapter, Articles 29 and 30 do not apply to national and local public employees; the provisions of Chapter II, Section 2 (except for Article 13-2) do not apply to regular service national public employees (except for employees referred to in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Labor Relations of Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution (Act No. 257 of 1948)), court officers for whom the Act on Temporary Measures concerning Court Officers (Act No. 299 of 1951) is applicable, Diet officers for whom the National Diet Officer Act (Act No. 85 of 1947) is applicable, and the self-defense forces personnel prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Self Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of 1954).