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Labor Standards Inspection Office - INI

Labor Standards Inspection Offices are administrative agencies responsible for enforcing labor-related laws including the Labor Standards Act, Industrial Safety and Health Act, and Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Act. There are 321 Labor Standards Inspection Offices and 4 branch offices throughout Japan. They are organized into four departments: Supervision Section (Homen), Occupational Safety and Health Section, Workers' Compensation Section, and Administrative Affairs Section. They handle consultations on working conditions, supervisory guidance, ensuring workplace safety and health, and implementing workers' accident compensation. They also have authority to conduct on-site inspections, issue corrective guidance for labor law violations, and exercise judicial police powers for criminal investigations.

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[item.supervision-section]
code=homen
slug=supervision-section
name=Supervision Section (Homen)
description=Department responsible for consultations and supervisory guidance on working conditions based on the Labor Standards Act.
relatedLaws=["Labor Standards Act","Minimum Wage Act","Act on the Promotion of Reduction of Working Hours"]

[item.occupational-safety-health-section]
code=anzen-eisei
slug=occupational-safety-health-section
name=Occupational Safety and Health Section
description=Department responsible for ensuring workplace safety and health based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act.
relatedLaws=["Industrial Safety and Health Act","Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Regulations","Crane and Other Safety Regulations"]

[item.workers-compensation-section]
code=rosai
slug=workers-compensation-section
name=Workers' Compensation Section
description=Department responsible for implementing workers' accident compensation based on the Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Act.
relatedLaws=["Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Act","Act on the Collection of Labor Insurance Premiums"]

[item.administrative-affairs-section]
code=gyomu
slug=administrative-affairs-section
name=Administrative Affairs Section
description=Department responsible for internal management including accounting, general affairs, and personnel of the Labor Standards Inspection Office.
relatedLaws=["Accounting Act","National Public Service Act"]