Public employment security office

A national government office that does job placement (職業紹介) between job seekers and employers, vocational guidance and employment insurance (雇用保険) work, and other work the Employment Security Act needs to achieve its aims, and serves the public free of charge (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (1); Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 23, paragraph (1)). Each is set up where needed to handle part of a prefectural labor bureau's (都道府県労働局) work, other than the work given to labor standards inspection offices, and an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令) sets each office's name, seat, area and the work it handles (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 23). Its head (公共職業安定所長) runs it under the direction of the director of the prefectural labor bureau (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).