Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-8
第十七条の二の八
The grant for the Regular Employee Conversion Course under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), in the case where a person who has completed training (meaning a person who has completed training subject to the grant for the Human Resources Development Support Course prescribed in Article 125, paragraph (2) (meaning human resources development training prescribed in Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (1), (ii) (limited to training that an employer or employers' organizations, etc. falling under (a) of that item has submitted a vocational training implementation plan prescribed in (a), (1), (i) of that item (hereinafter simply referred to as the "vocational training implementation plan") or a training implementation plan prescribed in (a), (2), (i) of that item to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that vocational training implementation plan or that training implementation plan), eligible certified combined practical training prescribed in (b), (1), (i) of that item (limited to training that an employer falling under (b) of that item has submitted a vocational training implementation plan to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that vocational training implementation plan), fixed-term practical training prescribed in (c), (1), (i) of that item (limited to training that an employer falling under (c) of that item has submitted a fixed-term practical training implementation plan prescribed in (c), (1), (i) of that item to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that fixed-term practical training implementation plan) or practical training for middle-aged and older persons prescribed in (d), (2) of that item (limited to training that an employer falling under (d) of that item has submitted a vocational training implementation plan to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that vocational training implementation plan)), a person who has received self-directed vocational ability development prescribed in Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (e), (1), (i) (limited to development received by using the measures based on a plan for introducing and applying a system prescribed in (e), (1), (iii) of that item, after an employer falling under (e) of that item has submitted that plan to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau), a person who has completed training subject to the grant for the Investment in People Promotion Course prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (meaning flat-rate training prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, self-directed vocational ability development training prescribed in (b), (1) of that item, advanced digital talent training prescribed in (c), (1) of that item, training of human resources for growth fields, etc. prescribed in (d) of that item, or certified combined practical training in the information technology field prescribed in (e), (1) of that item (limited to training that an employer falling under any of (a) through (e) of that item has submitted a vocational training implementation plan to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that vocational training implementation plan)), a person who has received self-directed vocational ability development prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (2), item (i), (f), (1), (i) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to development received by using the measures based on a plan for introducing and applying a leave system prescribed in (f), (1), (iii) of that item or a plan for introducing and applying a shorter working hours system, etc. prescribed in (f), (4), (iii) of that item, after an employer falling under (f) of that item has submitted that plan for introducing and applying a leave system or that plan for introducing and applying a shorter working hours system, etc. to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau), or a person who has completed training subject to the grant for the Business Development, etc. Reskilling Support Course prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to training that an employer falling under paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article has submitted a vocational training implementation plan to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, and has started based on that vocational training implementation plan); such a person is hereinafter referred to as a "person who has completed training" in this paragraph) is converted by any of the measures under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (1) through (5), or is hired by any of the measures under (c), (6) through (8) of that item, is to be paid, until March 31, 2027, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 118-2, paragraph (2), to an employer falling under item (i) of that paragraph (limited to an employer that has received payment of the human resources development support grant (limited to that prescribed in Article 125, paragraph (2), Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions or Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) pertaining to a person who has completed training who was converted by any of the measures under item (i), (c), (1) through (5) of that paragraph or hired by any of the measures under (c), (6) through (8) of that item), in the amount specified in each of the following items according to the categories of employers set out in those items (where, for a single place of business, the number of workers who are subject to those measures in a single fiscal year exceeds 20, payment is limited to up to 20 for that place of business).
第百二十五条第二項に規定する人材育成支援コース助成金の対象となる訓練（同項第一号イ（１）（ｉｉ）に規定する人材育成訓練（同号イに該当する事業主又は事業主団体等が同号イ（１）（ｉ）に規定する職業訓練実施計画（以下単に「職業訓練実施計画」という。）又は同号イ（２）（ｉ）に規定する訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該職業訓練実施計画又は当該訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）、同号ロ（１）（ｉ）に規定する対象認定実習併用職業訓練（同号ロに該当する事業主が職業訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該職業訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）、同号ハ（１）（ｉ）に規定する有期実習型訓練（同号ハに該当する事業主が同号ハ（１）（ｉ）に規定する有期実習型訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該有期実習型訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）又は同号ニ（２）に規定する中高年齢者実習型訓練（同号ニに該当する事業主が職業訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該職業訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）をいう。）を修了した者、同号ホ（１）（ｉ）に規定する自発的職業能力開発（同号ホに該当する事業主が同号ホ（１）（ｉｉｉ）に規定する制度導入・適用計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該制度導入・適用計画に基づく措置を利用して受けたものに限る。）を受けた者、附則第三十四条第一項に規定する人への投資促進コース助成金の対象となる訓練（同条第二項第一号イ（２）に規定する定額制訓練、同号ロ（１）に規定する自発的職業能力開発訓練、同号ハ（１）に規定する高度デジタル人材訓練、同号ニに規定する成長分野等人材訓練又は同号ホ（１）に規定する情報技術分野認定実習併用職業訓練（同号イからホまでのいずれかに該当する事業主が職業訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該職業訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）をいう。）を修了した者、附則第三十四条第二項第一号ヘ（１）（ｉ）に規定する自発的職業能力開発（同号ヘに該当する事業主が同号ヘ（１）（ｉｉｉ）に規定する休暇制度導入・適用計画又は同号ヘ（４）（ｉｉｉ）に規定する短時間勤務等制度導入・適用計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該休暇制度導入・適用計画又は当該短時間勤務等制度導入・適用計画に基づく措置を利用して受けたものに限る。）を受けた者若しくは附則第三十五条第一項に規定する事業展開等リスキリング支援コース助成金の対象となる訓練（同条第二項第一号に該当する事業主が職業訓練実施計画を都道府県労働局長に提出し、当該職業訓練実施計画に基づき開始したものに限る。）を修了した者（以下この項において「訓練修了者」という。）を第百十八条の二第二項第一号ハ（１）から（５）までのいずれかの措置により転換した場合又は同号ハ（６）から（８）までのいずれかの措置により雇い入れた場合における同項の正社員化コース助成金は、令和九年三月三十一日までの間は、同項の規定にかかわらず、同項第一号に該当する事業主（訓練修了者であつて同項第一号ハ（１）から（５）までのいずれかの措置により転換した又は同号ハ（６）から（８）までのいずれかの措置により雇い入れたものに係る人材開発支援助成金（第百二十五条第二項、附則第三十四条第一項又は附則第三十五条第一項に規定するものに限る。）の支給を受けたものに限る。）に対して、次の各号に掲げる事業主の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該各号に定める額（一の事業所につき、一の年度における当該措置の対象となる労働者の数が二十人を超える場合は、当該事業所につき二十人までの支給に限る。）を支給するものとする。
an employer that has taken the measure under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (1): per person who has completed training or eligible person who is a single mother, etc. or a single father (hereinafter in this item and item (iii) referred to as an "eligible person who is a single mother, etc."), 600,000 yen; per other eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per person who has completed training or eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 800,000 yen; per other eligible person, 400,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (2), (3) or (6): per eligible person, 600,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen);
第百十八条の二第二項第一号ハ（２）、（３）又は（６）の措置を講じた事業主 対象者一人につき六十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、八十万円）
an employer that has taken the measure under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (4) or (5): per person who has completed training or eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 300,000 yen; per other eligible person, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per person who has completed training or eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 400,000 yen; per other eligible person, 200,000 yen);
第百十八条の二第二項第一号ハ（４）又は（５）の措置を講じた事業主 訓練修了者又は母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき三十万円、その他の対象者一人につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、訓練修了者又は母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき四十万円、その他の対象者一人につき二十万円）
an employer that has taken the measure under Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (7) or (8): per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen).
第百十八条の二第二項第一号ハ（７）又は（８）の措置を講じた事業主 対象者一人につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）
For the application of the preceding paragraph to the case prescribed in Article 118-2, paragraph (4), the phrase "yen (" in the provisions of items (i) through (iv) of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 150,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (", and the phrase "yen)" with "yen and 200,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)"; and for the application of the preceding paragraph to the case prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article, the phrase "yen (" in the provisions of items (i) through (iv) of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 300,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (", and the phrase "yen)" with "yen and 400,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)".
第百十八条の二第四項に規定する場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項第一号から第四号までの規定中「円（」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき十五万円（」と、「円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき二十万円）」とし、同条第五項に規定する場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項第一号から第四号までの規定中「円（」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき三十万円（」と、「円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき四十万円）」とする。
For the application of paragraph (1) to the case prescribed in Article 118-2, paragraph (6), the phrase "yen (" in the provisions of items (i) through (iii) of paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "yen plus 150,000 yen per place of business (", and the phrase "yen)" with "yen plus 200,000 yen per place of business)".
第百十八条の二第六項に規定する場合における第一項の規定の適用については、同項第一号から第三号までの規定中「円（」とあるのは「円に加え、一の事業所につき十五万円（」と、「円）」とあるのは「円に加え、一の事業所につき二十万円）」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Articles 17-3 to 17-4
第十七条の三から第十七条の四まで
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Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-5Provisional Measures concerning Employment Stabilization Program
第十七条の五（雇用安定事業に関する暫定措置）
The programs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 62, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act are, in addition to those prescribed in Articles 102-3-2, 102-4, 109, 115, 140 and 140-2, as follows for the time being:
法第六十二条第一項第六号の厚生労働省令で定める事業は、第百二条の三の二、百二条の四、第百九条、第百十五条、第百四十条及び第百四十条の二に規定するもののほか、当分の間、次のとおりとする。
to make loans of the necessary funds provided for in Article 10-3 of the Workers' Property Accumulation Promotion Act before the amendment by Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Abolishing the Act on the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 26 of 2011; referred to as the "Abolition Act" in Article 17-7 of the Supplementary Provisions) (limited to loans for which the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid, Independent Administrative Agency has received, before October 1, 2011, an application for a loan to be made under Article 10-3 of the Workers' Property Accumulation Promotion Act before that amendment);
独立行政法人雇用・能力開発機構法を廃止する法律（平成二十三年法律第二十六号。第十七条の七において「廃止法」という。）附則第十九条の規定による改正前の勤労者財産形成促進法第十条の三に定める必要な資金の貸付け（独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構が平成二十三年十月一日前に同条の規定に基づき行われる貸付けの申込みを受理したものに限る。）を行うこと。
to lend, to the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation or the mutual aid associations, etc. prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Workers' Property Accumulation Promotion Act, the funds necessary for the loans under Article 10, paragraph (2), main clause of that Act or the loans under Article 15, paragraph (2) of that Act;
沖縄振興開発金融公庫又は勤労者財産形成促進法第十五条第二項に規定する共済組合等に対して、同法第十条第二項本文の貸付け又は同法第十五条第二項の貸付けに必要な資金を貸し付けること。
to provide prefectures with grants aimed at creating employment opportunities in the area, in order to support initiatives to create employment opportunities in the area by hiring job seekers, etc.
地域において、求職者等を雇い入れて行う雇用機会を創出する取組を支援するため、地域の雇用機会の創出を図ることを目的とする交付金を都道府県に対して交付すること。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-5-2Provisional Measures concerning Non-Payment to Employers in Arrears of Labor Insurance Premiums, etc.
第十七条の五の二（労働保険料滞納事業主等に対する不支給に関する暫定措置）
With regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant under Article 102-3, paragraph (1) to an employer that implemented leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023, for the application of Article 120-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) in the case of receiving payment pursuant to Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "are not to be paid" in Article 120-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) is deemed to be replaced with "are not to be paid; provided, however, that, for leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023, where the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau finds it necessary, a separate provision may be made".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-5-3Provisional Measures concerning Grant for Authorized Training Assistance Project Expenses Pertaining to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
第十七条の五の三（令和六年能登半島地震に係る認定訓練助成事業費補助金に関する暫定措置）
With regard to the application, in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, of Article 123 pertaining to the granting of the subsidy for authorized training assistance project expenses concerning the expenses required for disaster recovery of facilities or equipment necessary for conducting authorized training conducted by employers, etc. prescribed in that Article within the area of a municipality to which the Disaster Relief Act was applied at the time of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, being facilities or equipment that suffered significant damage due to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the phrase "1/2" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "2/3", the phrase "1/3" with "1/2", and the phrase "expenses required for the installation or improvement of facilities or equipment" in paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Article with "expenses required for disaster recovery of facilities or equipment that suffered significant damage due to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-5-4Provisional Measures concerning Grant for Authorized Training Assistance Project Expenses Pertaining to the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
第十七条の五の四（令和八年熊本地震に係る認定訓練助成事業費補助金に関する暫定措置）
With regard to the application, in fiscal year 2026, of Article 123 pertaining to the granting of the subsidy for authorized training assistance project expenses concerning the expenses required for disaster recovery of facilities or equipment necessary for conducting authorized training conducted by employers, etc. prescribed in that Article within the area of a municipality to which the Disaster Relief Act was applied at the time of the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, being facilities or equipment that suffered significant damage due to the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, the phrase "1/2" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "2/3", the phrase "1/3" with "1/2", and the phrase "expenses required for the installation or improvement of facilities or equipment" in paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Article with "expenses required for disaster recovery of facilities or equipment that suffered significant damage due to the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-6Provisional Measures concerning Order to Return Benefits, etc.
第十七条の六（返還命令等に関する暫定措置）
For the application of Article 140-3, paragraph (1) in the case of receiving payment pursuant to Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions, pursuant to the provisions of Article 17-5-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "an amount equivalent to 2/10 of the amount" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "an amount equivalent to twice the amount".
附則第十七条の五の二の規定により、附則第十五条の規定による支給を受ける場合における第百四十条の三第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「二割」とあるのは、「二倍」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-7Provisional Measures concerning Human Resources Development Program
第十七条の七（能力開発事業に関する暫定措置）
The programs listed in Article 63, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act and the programs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under item (ix) of that paragraph are, in addition to those provided for in Articles 121, 124, 125-2, 134, 138, 140 and 140-2, as follows:
for the time being, to establish and operate facilities for assisting vocational training conducted by employers, etc. prescribed in Article 13 of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act, and to subsidize the whole or a part of the expenses required therefor for local governments and other persons that establish and operate those facilities;
当分の間、職業能力開発促進法第十三条に規定する事業主等の行う職業訓練の援助を行うための施設を設置し、及び運営するとともに、当該施設を設置し、及び運営する地方公共団体その他の者に対して、これらに要する経費の全部又は一部の補助を行うこと。
until the collection of claims pertaining to funds lent pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Act on the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 170 of 2002) before its abolition by the Abolition Act is completed, to manage and collect those claims.
廃止法による廃止前の独立行政法人雇用・能力開発機構法（平成十四年法律第百七十号）第十一条第一項第八号の規定により貸し付けられた資金に係る債権の回収が終了するまでの間、当該債権の管理及び回収を行うこと。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 18Persons Specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act
第十八条（法附則第四条の厚生労働省令で定める者）
The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are persons who have separated from service for the reason set out in Article 19-2, item (i).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 19Persons Specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 5, Paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act
第十九条（法附則第五条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める者）
The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are persons who have separated from service for the reason set out in Article 19-2, item (i).
Director-General of the Employment Security Bureaumachine translation
「職業安定局長」
The Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau (職業安定局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (5), item (iv)
employermachine translation
「事業主」
In this Ordinance other than Article 130, the employer of a covered undertaking (適用事業).
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Article 130
small and medium-sized enterprise employermachine translation
「中小企業事業主」
An employer whose capital or total contributions do not exceed 300 million yen (50 million yen where its main business is retail or services, 100 million yen where it is wholesale), or whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 (50 where its main business is retail, 100 where it is wholesale or services).
Defined inArticle 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (5)
single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等」
A woman without a spouse, as defined in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Welfare of Mothers and Fathers with Dependents and Widows, who supports a child under 20, a child with a disability listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二), or a spouse (including a partner in a marriage not registered but lived as one) who has long been unable to work because of a mental or physical disability.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (5)
single fathermachine translation
「父子家庭の父」
The father of a child, as defined in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act, who receives the child rearing allowance (児童扶養手当) under that paragraph.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (6)
authorized trainingmachine translation
「認定訓練」
Authorized vocational training (認定職業訓練) as provided in Article 24, paragraph (3) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act, including as Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act applies it.
Short name set inArticle 122, paragraph (1)
eligible certified combined practical trainingmachine translation
「対象認定実習併用職業訓練」
In Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (b), (1), certified vocational training combining practical work with classroom learning (認定実習併用職業訓練) as defined in Article 26-5, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act.
Short name set inArticle 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (b), (1), (i)
self-directed vocational ability developmentmachine translation
「自発的職業能力開発」
Vocational training or educational training given by someone other than the employer, a test of the skills and related knowledge workers need for their jobs (職業能力検定), or career consulting (キャリアコンサルティング), that an insured person takes up of their own accord.
Short name set inArticle 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (e), (1), (i)
plan for introducing and applying a systemmachine translation
「制度導入・適用計画」
In Article 125, paragraph (2), an employer's plan, drawn up under its in-house vocational ability development plan (事業内職業能力開発計画) and made known to its insured persons, for newly introducing and applying a measure that gives them leave or shorter working hours so that they can develop their vocational abilities on their own initiative.
Short name set inArticle 125, paragraph (2), item (i), (e), (3), (iii)
vocational training implementation planmachine translation
「職業訓練実施計画」
A plan for vocational training or other vocational ability development, drawn up for each course of training, that an employer makes under its in-house vocational ability development plan (事業内職業能力開発計画) and makes known to its workers, as Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i)(a)(1)(i) provides.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-8, paragraph (1)
person who has completed trainingmachine translation
「訓練修了者」
In Article 17-2-8, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則), a person who has completed training covered by the human resources development support grant (人材開発支援助成金) under Article 125, paragraph (2) or Article 34 or 35 of the supplementary provisions that the employer started under a plan submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau (都道府県労働局長), or who has taken self-directed vocational ability development (自発的職業能力開発) using the employer's measures under such a plan.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-8, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
eligible person who is a single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等である対象者」
A person covered by the measure who is a single mother or the like (母子家庭の母等) or a single father (父子家庭の父), for whom the employer is paid a higher amount.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-8, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this item and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-8, paragraph (1), item (iii)
Abolition Actmachine translation
「廃止法」
In Articles 17-5 and 17-7 of the supplementary provisions (附則), short name for the 2011 law abolishing the law on the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan (Act No. 26 of 2011).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-5, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 17-7
director of a prefectural labor bureau
都道府県労働局長
The head of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, so part of the national government rather than of the prefecture (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 17; National Government Organization Act, Article 9). The post is filled by a labor standards inspector (労働基準監督官) (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (2)). Under the Labor Standards Act, the director, directed and supervised by the head of the Ministry's Labor Standards Management Bureau (労働基準主管局長), directs and supervises the directors of the labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署長) in the bureau's area, handles the carrying out of that Act, such as coordinating how inspection is done, and directs and supervises the bureau's staff; the director may also exercise the powers of the authorities below (下級官庁) directly, or have the bureau's labor standards inspectors exercise them (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (1), and Article 99, paragraphs (2) and (4)). The heads of public employment security offices (公共職業安定所長) run their offices under the director's direction and supervision (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 17, National Government Organization Act, Art. 9, Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 99 and Employment Security Act, Art. 8 as a reference.
Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid
独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構
A public body the State sets up by law, as an incorporated administrative agency (独立行政法人), under the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act (中小企業退職金共済法) and the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (独立行政法人通則法) (Article 57 of the Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act). Its purpose is to run the retirement allowance mutual aid scheme for the employees of small and medium-sized enterprises and to promote workers' planned asset formation (Article 58 of that Act). It carries on the business of retirement allowance mutual aid contracts (退職金共済契約) and of specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contracts (特定業種退職金共済契約), which cover industries the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates, such as construction, where many workers move between employers in the same industry (Article 2, paragraph (4) and Article 70, paragraph (1) of that Act). Under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract, an employer promises to pay premiums to the Organization, and the Organization promises to pay retirement allowances, as that Act provides, when the employer's employees leave (Article 2, paragraph (3) of that Act).
Written by AI using Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act, Arts. 2, 57, 58, 70 as a reference.