# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十一章 (Chapter 11) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11. 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: 第十一章 (Chapter 11) — address `ch-11` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第十一章　監督機関 — Chapter XI Inspection Bodies heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11 ### 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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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 ### 第九十八条 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-98 **第一項** 削除 art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-98/par-1 Deleted Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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 ### 第百条（女性主管局長の権限） — (Authority of the Director-General of the Women's Management Bureau) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-100 **第一項** 厚生労働省の女性主管局長（厚生労働省の内部部局として置かれる局で女性労働者の特性に係る労働問題に関する事務を所掌するものの局長をいう。以下同じ。）は、厚生労働大臣の指揮監督を受けて、この法律中女性に特殊の規定の制定、改廃及び解釈に関する事項をつかさどり、その施行に関する事項については、労働基準主管局長及びその下級の官庁の長に勧告を行うとともに、労働基準主管局長が、その下級の官庁に対して行う指揮監督について援助を与える。 art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-100/par-1 The Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Women's Management Bureau (meaning the director of an internal bureau established within the ministry that is responsible for affairs regarding labor issues associated with the unique characteristics of female workers; the same applies below), under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, administers particulars relating to the establishment, amendment, repeal and interpretation of special provisions in this Act relating to women, and advises the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, and the directors of the government agencies subordinate to that Bureau, and assists in the direction and supervision of those subordinate government agencies by the Director-General of the Labor Standards Management Bureau, in connection with particulars concerning the enforcement of those provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 女性主管局長は、自ら又はその指定する所属官吏をして、女性に関し労働基準主管局若しくはその下級の官庁又はその所属官吏の行つた監督その他に関する文書を閲覧し、又は閲覧せしめることができる。 art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-100/par-2 The Director-General of the Women's Management Bureau may view documents related to inspections and other things that the Labor Standards Management Bureau, the government agencies subordinate to that Bureau, or officials of those agencies have undertaken, in particulars relating to women, by themselves; or may have the Women's Management Bureau's officials designated by the Director-General view those documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百一条及び第百五条の規定は、女性主管局長又はその指定する所属官吏が、この法律中女性に特殊の規定の施行に関して行う調査の場合に、これを準用する。 art-100/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-100/par-3 The provisions of Articles 101 and 105 apply mutatis mutandis to investigations that the Director-General of the Women's Management Bureau or the designated officials under their jurisdiction, carry out in connection with the enforcement of special provisions of this Act relating to women. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百一条（労働基準監督官の権限） — (Authority of Labor Standards Inspectors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-101 **第一項** 労働基準監督官は、事業場、寄宿舎その他の附属建設物に臨検し、帳簿及び書類の提出を求め、又は使用者若しくは労働者に対して尋問を行うことができる。 art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-101/par-1 Labor standards inspectors may inspect workplaces, communal housing, and other associated buildings; demand the submission of books and records; and question employers and workers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、労働基準監督官は、その身分を証明する証票を携帯しなければならない。 art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-101/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a labor standards inspector must carry identification on them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百二条 art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-102 **第一項** 労働基準監督官は、この法律違反の罪について、刑事訴訟法に規定する司法警察官の職務を行う。 art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-102/par-1 Labor standards inspectors carry out the duties of judicial police officers provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure, regarding criminal violations of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百三条 art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-103 **第一項** 労働者を就業させる事業の附属寄宿舎が、安全及び衛生に関して定められた基準に反し、且つ労働者に急迫した危険がある場合においては、労働基準監督官は、第九十六条の三の規定による行政官庁の権限を即時に行うことができる。 art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-103/par-1 If communal housing associated with a business that employs workers is in violation of the standards that have been established for safety and health, and there is an imminent danger to workers, a labor standards inspector may immediately exercise the powers of the relevant government agency under the provisions of Article 96-3. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百四条（監督機関に対する申告） — (Filing Reports with Inspection Bodies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104 **第一項** 事業場に、この法律又はこの法律に基いて発する命令に違反する事実がある場合においては、労働者は、その事実を行政官庁又は労働基準監督官に申告することができる。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104/par-1 If there is any violation of this Act or any Order issued pursuant to this Act at a workplace, a worker may report the fact to the relevant government agency, or to a labor standards inspector. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、前項の申告をしたことを理由として、労働者に対して解雇その他不利益な取扱をしてはならない。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104/par-2 An employer must not dismiss a worker or treat a worker disadvantageously, due to the worker having filed a report referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百四条の二（報告等） — (Reports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104-2 **第一項** 行政官庁は、この法律を施行するため必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、使用者又は労働者に対し、必要な事項を報告させ、又は出頭を命ずることができる。 art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104-2/par-1 If finding it necessary for enforcing this Act, a relevant government agency may have an employer or a worker file a report on the necessary particulars or may order an employer or a worker to appear before the agency, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 労働基準監督官は、この法律を施行するため必要があると認めるときは、使用者又は労働者に対し、必要な事項を報告させ、又は出頭を命ずることができる。 art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104-2/par-2 If finding it necessary for enforcing this Act, the inspector may have an employer or a worker report the necessary particulars or order an employer or a worker to appear before the inspector. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百五条（労働基準監督官の義務） — (Duties of Labor Standards Inspectors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-105 **第一項** 労働基準監督官は、職務上知り得た秘密を漏してはならない。労働基準監督官を退官した後においても同様である。 art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-105/par-1 A labor standards inspector must not reveal confidential information learned in the course of duty. The same applies even after a labor standards inspector has left their position. 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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#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/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-97/par-5 - art-100/par-3: 第百一条 → 労働基準法 第百一条 (Article 101), art-101 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-101 - art-100/par-3: 第百五条 → 労働基準法 第百五条 (Article 105), art-105 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-105 - art-101/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-101/par-1 - art-103/par-1: 第九十六条の三 → 労働基準法 第九十六条の三 (Article 96-3), art-96-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-10#art-96-3 - art-104/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-104/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20281223_508AC0000000046), 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 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27