# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第九十七条 (Article 97) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97. 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. - Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号 - English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第九十七条 (Article 97)（監督機関の職員等） — address `art-97` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十七条（監督機関の職員等） — (Staff Members of Inspection Bodies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97 **第一項** 労働基準主管局（厚生労働省の内部部局として置かれる局で労働条件及び労働者の保護に関する事務を所掌するものをいう。以下同じ。）、都道府県労働局及び労働基準監督署に労働基準監督官を置くほか、厚生労働省令で定める必要な職員を置くことができる。 art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-1 Labor standards inspectors and other necessary staff members prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may be appointed in the Labor Standards Management Bureau (meaning the department established within the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with administrative responsibility for affairs involving labor conditions and the protection of workers; the same applies below), prefectural labor bureaus, and labor standards inspection offices. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 労働基準主管局の局長（以下「労働基準主管局長」という。）、都道府県労働局長及び労働基準監督署長は、労働基準監督官をもつてこれに充てる。 art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-2 The Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau (referred to below as the "Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau"), the directors of prefectural labor bureaus, and the directors of labor standards inspection offices, are appointed from among labor standards inspectors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 労働基準監督官の資格及び任免に関する事項は、政令で定める。 art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-3 Cabinet Order prescribes particulars relating to the qualifications and appointment and dismissal of labor standards inspectors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働省に、政令で定めるところにより、労働基準監督官分限審議会を置くことができる。 art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-4 A Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Council may be established in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 労働基準監督官を罷免するには、労働基準監督官分限審議会の同意を必要とする。 art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-5 The consent of the Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Council is required for the dismissal of a labor standards inspector. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、労働基準監督官分限審議会の組織及び運営に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-6 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary particulars relating to the structure and operation of the Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-97/par-6: 前二項 → 労働基準法 第九十七条第四項 (Article 97, paragraph (4)), art-97/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-4 - art-97/par-6: 前二項 → 労働基準法 第九十七条第五項 (Article 97, paragraph (5)), art-97/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第九十七条第六項（監督機関の職員等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-97/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27