Case of mediation of labor disputes (or mediation case)

A case in which a request for mediation is filed with the Labor Relations Commission when a labor dispute arose from a disagreement on allegations regarding the determination of working conditions between the parties to labor-management relations.

Case of arbitration of labor disputes (or arbitration case)

A case in which a request for arbitration is filed with the Labor Relations Commission when a labor dispute arose from disagreement on allegations regarding the determination of working conditions between the parties to labor-management relations.

Case of essential minimum services

A case in which a party to labor relations in an essential public service requests the Labor Relations Commission to decide on the minimum levels of maintenance and operation, target jobs, required personnel, etc. of essential minimum services.

Union pluralism case

All the cases involving plural unionism such as bargaining requests, bargaining representatives, bargaining units, fair representation cases, etc.

Bargaining requests case
A case in which a labor union that raises an objection to the contents of the notification of the fact that bargaining has been requested in relation to plural unionism, etc. files a remedy request with the Labor Relations Commission.

Bargaining representative case
A case in which, concerning union pluralism, a labor union requests the Labor Relations Commission’s decision on the composition of a joint bargaining delegation, etc. or files an objection with the Labor Relations Commission in relation to a majority union.

Bargaining unit case
A case in which, concerning plural unionism, a party to labor-management relations requests the Labor Relations Commission to decide on the division of a bargaining unit when there is a need to divide the bargaining unit due to significant differences in working conditions in a company (workplace)

Fair representation case
A case in which, concerning plural unionism, when a representative bargaining union or an employer has discriminated against labor unions or their union members without a justifiable reason in violation of the duty of fair representation, the labor union which has sustained discrimination files a remedy request with the Labor Relations Commission.

Unfair dismissal, etc. case

A case in which a worker who has been subject to an unfair dismissal, etc. (dismissal, forced leave of absence, suspension from work, job transfer, wage cut, and other penalties) files a remedy request with the Labor Relations Commission against such an unfair dismissal, etc.

Unfair labor practice case

A case in which a worker or labor union whose rights have been infringed upon by an employers’ unfair labor practices files a remedy request with the Labor Relations Commission against such unfair labor practices.

Other adjudication cases

All the cases involving approval of an exception to suspension of work compensation, approval of an exception to disability compensation, interpretation of collective agreements, resolution on the violation of laws and regulations by collective agreements, resolution on the violation of laws and regulations by labor union constitutions and dispositions, appointment of a person authorized to convene a labor union meeting, resolution on the dissolution of a labor union, etc.

Discrimination correction case (or discrimination case)

A case in which fixed-term, part-time, and dispatched workers who have suffered from discriminatory treatment file a correction request with the Labor Relations Commission against the discriminatory treatment or the Minister of Employment and Labor notifies the Labor Relations Commission of the discriminatory treatment.