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Article 1Purpose

第一条(目的)

The purpose of this Act is to establish a system of proceedings for civil disputes between individual employees and employers about whether or not a labor contract exists or about any issue involving labor relations (referred to below as a "civil dispute on labor relations"), in which a labor tribunal composing of a judge and persons with expert knowledge and experience in labor relations hears the case in a court of law upon petition by the relevant party, and goes through mediation if the labor tribunal believes the issue could likely be resolved this way, or renders a labor tribunal decision (meaning a decision to resolve civil disputes on labor relations of individuals in accordance with the circumstances of the case while taking into account the rights and interests of the parties; the same applies below) (such proceedings are referred to below as "labor tribunal proceedings"), thereby achieving fair, effective, and expedient dispute resolution taking into account the circumstances surrounding the dispute.

この法律は、労働契約の存否その他の労働関係に関する事項について個々の労働者と事業主との間に生じた民事に関する紛争(以下「個別労働関係民事紛争」という。)に関し、裁判所において、裁判官及び労働関係に関する専門的な知識経験を有する者で組織する委員会が、当事者の申立てにより、事件を審理し、調停の成立による解決の見込みがある場合にはこれを試み、その解決に至らない場合には、労働審判(個別労働関係民事紛争について当事者間の権利関係を踏まえつつ事案の実情に即した解決をするために必要な審判をいう。以下同じ。)を行う手続(以下「労働審判手続」という。)を設けることにより、紛争の実情に即した迅速、適正かつ実効的な解決を図ることを目的とする。

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