# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第九十九条 (Article 99) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99. 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: 第九十九条 (Article 99)（労働基準主管局長等の権限） — address `art-99` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99 - 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. --- ### 第九十九条（労働基準主管局長等の権限） — (Authority of the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99 **第一項** 労働基準主管局長は、厚生労働大臣の指揮監督を受けて、都道府県労働局長を指揮監督し、労働基準に関する法令の制定改廃、労働基準監督官の任免教養、監督方法についての規程の制定及び調整、監督年報の作成並びに労働政策審議会及び労働基準監督官分限審議会に関する事項（労働政策審議会に関する事項については、労働条件及び労働者の保護に関するものに限る。）その他この法律の施行に関する事項をつかさどり、所属の職員を指揮監督する。 art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99/par-1 The Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, directs and supervises the directors of the prefectural labor bureaus administers particulars connected with the establishment, amendment, or repeal of laws and regulations concerning labor standards, particulars connected with the appointment, dismissal, and training of labor standards inspectors, particulars connected with the establishment and adjustment of regulations concerning inspection methods, particulars of the preparation of an annual report on inspections, particulars connected with the Labor Policy Council and Labor Standards Inspector Dismissal Council (limited to the particulars connected with the Labor Policy Council relating to working conditions and the protection of workers), and other particulars regarding the enforcement of this Act; and directs and supervises staff members under their jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県労働局長は、労働基準主管局長の指揮監督を受けて、管内の労働基準監督署長を指揮監督し、監督方法の調整に関する事項その他この法律の施行に関する事項をつかさどり、所属の職員を指揮監督する。 art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99/par-2 The directors of the prefectural labor bureaus, under the direction and supervision of the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, direct and supervise the directors of the labor standards inspection offices within their jurisdiction; administer the particulars of the adjustment of inspection methods and other particulars connected with the enforcement of this Act; and direct and supervise staff members under their jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 労働基準監督署長は、都道府県労働局長の指揮監督を受けて、この法律に基く臨検、尋問、許可、認定、審査、仲裁その他この法律の実施に関する事項をつかさどり、所属の職員を指揮監督する。 art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99/par-3 The directors of the labor standards inspection offices, under the direction and supervision of the director of the prefectural labor bureaus; administer inspections, examinations, approvals, acknowledgments, investigations, arbitration, and other particulars regarding the enforcement of this Act; and direct and supervise staff members under their jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 労働基準主管局長及び都道府県労働局長は、下級官庁の権限を自ら行い、又は所属の労働基準監督官をして行わせることができる。 art-99/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-99/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-99/par-4 The Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau and the directors of prefectural labor bureaus, may themselves exercise the powers of subordinate government agencies, or may have labor standards inspectors under their jurisdiction exercise those powers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第五項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-5 --- ## 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