# Labor standards inspector (労働基準監督官, ろうどうきじゅんかんとくかん) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-standards-inspector. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-standards-inspector - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/labor-standards-inspector - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-29 An official who carries out the Labor Standards Act, stationed in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Labor Standards Management Bureau (労働基準主管局), in the prefectural labor bureaus and in the labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署) (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (1)). An inspector may enter and inspect workplaces, dormitories and other associated buildings, demand books and records, and question employers and workers, carrying identification while doing so (Article 101); carries out the duties of a judicial police officer (司法警察官) under the Code of Criminal Procedure for offences against that Act (Article 102); and must not reveal secrets learned on the job, even after leaving it (Article 105). Where the Ministry has set up a Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Council (労働基準監督官分限審議会), an inspector cannot be dismissed without its consent (Article 97, paragraphs (4) and (5)). A worker may report a violation of the Act to an inspector, and the employer must not dismiss the worker or treat the worker unfavourably for it (Article 104). The Act on Ensuring Wage Payment also has inspectors carry out the duties of a judicial police officer (司法警察員) for offences against it (Act on Ensuring Wage Payment, Article 11), lets them enter workplaces, question people and inspect books and documents to carry it out — a power not granted for criminal investigation (Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (4)) — and lets a worker report an employer's violations of it to them (Article 14, paragraph (1)). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 101, 102, 104, 105](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act - [Act on Ensuring Wage Payment, Arts. 11, 13, 14](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/351AC0000000034) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act ## Where the laws use it 6 laws in force use it in this sense, in 35 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Labor Standards Act (労働基準法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act): 10 provisions, among them [Article 97](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97), [Article 99](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99), [Article 101](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-101) - [Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act): 7 provisions, among them [Article 90](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-90), [Article 91](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-91), [Article 92](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-92) - [Act on Ensuring Wage Payment (賃金の支払の確保等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act): 7 provisions, among them [Article 10](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/art-10), [Article 11](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/art-11), [Article 12](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/art-12) - [Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act (労働基準法施行規則)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance): 5 provisions, among them [Article 52](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3349-16/art-2), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3359-6/art-2) - [Minimum Wage Act (最低賃金法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act): 5 provisions, among them [Article 31](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-31), [Article 32](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-32), [Article 33](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-33) - [Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 105](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/art-105) ## Related - [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act) - [Coming into force (施行, しこう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/enforcement) - [Prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局, とどうふけんろうどうきょく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-labor-bureau) - [Director of a labor standards inspection office (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)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-standards-inspection-office-director) - [Director of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局長, とどうふけんろうどうきょくちょう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-labor-bureau-director) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-29) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (6 records)