The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Labor Policy Council in advance when seeking to establish the standards referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 25, paragraph (1), or Article 27, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) by Cabinet Order; when seeking to establish, by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the reasons referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 22, paragraph (2), Article 37-3, paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraph (1), Article 60-3, paragraph (1), item (i) or paragraph (3), Article 61-4, paragraph (1), Article 61-7, paragraph (1) (including as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article), Article 61-8, paragraph (1), Article 61-10, paragraph (1), item (i) (including as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article) or Article 61-12, paragraph (1) (including as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article), the persons referred to in Article 13, paragraph (3), Article 20-2 or Article 24-2, paragraph (1), the calculation method referred to in Article 18, paragraph (3), the business referred to in Article 20-2, the standards referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1) or Article 56-3, paragraph (1), the disaster referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (iii), the number of hours referred to in Article 37-5, paragraph (1), item (iii), the persons who have difficulty in finding employment as referred to in Article 56-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), the cases referred to in Article 61-7, paragraph (2) or Article 61-10, paragraph (3), item (ii), or the day referred to in Article 61-7, paragraph (1) as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article, Article 61-10, paragraph (1), item (i) as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article, or Article 61-12, paragraph (1) as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article; when seeking to specify the standards referred to in Article 10-4, paragraph (1), Article 25, paragraph (3), Article 26, paragraph (2), Article 29, paragraph (2), Article 32, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37-4, paragraph (6) and Article 40, paragraph (4)), Article 33, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37-4, paragraph (6) and Article 40, paragraph (4)), or Article 52, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (4)), or the number of hours referred to in Article 38, paragraph (1), item (ii); or when making decisions on other important matters pertaining to the implementation of this Act.
厚生労働大臣は、第二十四条の二第一項第二号、第二十五条第一項又は第二十七条第一項若しくは第二項の基準を政令で定めようとするとき、第十三条第一項、第二十条第一項若しくは第二項、第二十二条第二項、第三十七条の三第一項、第三十九条第一項、第六十条の三第一項第一号若しくは第三項、第六十一条の四第一項、第六十一条の七第一項（同条第四項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）、第六十一条の八第一項、第六十一条の十第一項第一号（同条第五項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）若しくは第六十一条の十二第一項（同条第四項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の理由、第十三条第三項、第二十条の二若しくは第二十四条の二第一項の者、第十八条第三項の算定方法、第二十条の二の事業、第二十四条の二第一項若しくは第五十六条の三第一項の基準、第二十四条の二第一項第三号の災害、第三十七条の五第一項第三号の時間数、第五十六条の三第一項第二号の就職が困難な者、第六十一条の七第二項若しくは第六十一条の十第三項第二号の場合又は第六十一条の七第四項の規定により読み替えて適用する同条第一項、第六十一条の十第五項の規定により読み替えて適用する同条第一項第一号若しくは第六十一条の十二第四項の規定により読み替えて適用する同条第一項の日を厚生労働省令で定めようとするとき、第十条の四第一項、第二十五条第三項、第二十六条第二項、第二十九条第二項、第三十二条第三項（第三十七条の四第六項及び第四十条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三十三条第二項（第三十七条の四第六項及び第四十条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第五十二条第二項（第五十五条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の基準又は第三十八条第一項第二号の時間数を定めようとするとき、その他この法律の施行に関する重要事項について決定しようとするときは、あらかじめ、労働政策審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
In addition to responding to consultations from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's, the Labor Policy Council may, as necessary, make proposals to the relevant administrative authorities, or may require their reports, concerning the administration of the employment insurance services.
労働政策審議会は、厚生労働大臣の諮問に応ずるほか、必要に応じ、雇用保険事業の運営に関し、関係行政庁に建議し、又はその報告を求めることができる。