Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities
障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律
Contents
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- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–7-3 · 9
- Chapter II Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation第二章 職業リハビリテーションの推進Articles 8–33 · 26
- Chapter II-2 Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities; Related Matters第二章の二 障害者に対する差別の禁止等Articles 34–36-6 · 8
- Chapter III Facilitating the Employment of Qualifying Disabled Persons Based on the Duty to Employ Them; Related Matters第三章 対象障害者の雇用義務等に基づく雇用の促進等Articles 37–74-3 · 42
- Chapter III-2 Resolution of Disputes第三章の二 紛争の解決Articles 74-4–74-8 · 5
- Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions第四章 雑則Articles 75–85-3 · 16
- Chapter V Penal Provisions第五章 罰則Articles 85-4–91 · 11
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（目的）
The purpose of this Act is to comprehensively implement measures that are meant to do things such as facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities based on considerations such as the duty to employ them; measures that are meant to ensure equal opportunities and treatment in employment for persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities and to enable persons with disabilities to make effective use of their abilities; vocational rehabilitation measures; and other measures that are meant to prompt persons with disabilities to become independent in their working lives through actions such as working in jobs suited to their abilities; thereby bringing about occupational stability for persons with disabilities.
この法律は、障害者の雇用義務等に基づく雇用の促進等のための措置、雇用の分野における障害者と障害者でない者との均等な機会及び待遇の確保並びに障害者がその有する能力を有効に発揮することができるようにするための措置、職業リハビリテーションの措置その他障害者がその能力に適合する職業に就くこと等を通じてその職業生活において自立することを促進するための措置を総合的に講じ、もつて障害者の職業の安定を図ることを目的とする。
第二条（用語の意義）
In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:
この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。
person with a "disability":a person who has a physical impairment, intellectual impairment, mental impairment (including any prescribed developmental impairment; the same applies in item (vi)), or other such impairment of their physical or mental functions (hereinafter the term for any one of these is "impairment"), and faces substantial, prolonged limitations in their working life or extreme, prolonged difficulty in having a working life because of this;
障害者 身体障害、知的障害、精神障害（発達障害を含む。第六号において同じ。）その他の心身の機能の障害（以下「障害」と総称する。）があるため、長期にわたり、職業生活に相当の制限を受け、又は職業生活を営むことが著しく困難な者をいう。
person with a physical disability:a person with a disability who has a physical impairment, and whose impairment is set forth in the Appended Table;
person with a severe physical disability:a person with a physical disability whose degree of physical impairment is severe, and who is as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
重度身体障害者 身体障害者のうち、身体障害の程度が重い者であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。
person with an intellectual disability:a person with a disability who has an intellectual impairment, and who is as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
知的障害者 障害者のうち、知的障害がある者であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。
person with a severe intellectual disability:a person with an intellectual disability whose degree of intellectual impairment is severe, and who is as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
重度知的障害者 知的障害者のうち、知的障害の程度が重い者であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。
person with a mental disability:a person with a disability who has a mental impairment, and who is as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
精神障害者 障害者のうち、精神障害がある者であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。
vocational rehabilitation:encouraging independence in the working lives of persons with disabilities by implementing vocational guidance, vocational training, job placement, and other measures provided for in this Act for them.
職業リハビリテーション 障害者に対して職業指導、職業訓練、職業紹介その他この法律に定める措置を講じ、その職業生活における自立を図ることをいう。
第三条（基本的理念）
Every worker with a disability is to be given the opportunity to use their abilities in their working life as a worker who forms a part of the economic aspect of society.
障害者である労働者は、経済社会を構成する労働者の一員として、職業生活においてその能力を発揮する機会を与えられるものとする。
第四条
Workers with disabilities, recognizing themselves to be persons engaged in occupations and acting on their own initiatives, must endeavor to develop and improve their abilities and to become independent as capable working persons.
障害者である労働者は、職業に従事する者としての自覚を持ち、自ら進んで、その能力の開発及び向上を図り、有為な職業人として自立するように努めなければならない。
Article 5Employer Responsibilities
第五条（事業主の責務）
Based on the principle of social solidarity, all employers have a responsibility, in employing persons with disabilities, to cooperate in the efforts of workers with disabilities to become independent as capable working persons, and must endeavor to achieve stable employment for them by fairly evaluating their abilities and providing them with appropriate places of employment, as well as by carrying out proper personnel management and measures concerning the development and improvement of vocational abilities.
全て事業主は、障害者の雇用に関し、社会連帯の理念に基づき、障害者である労働者が有為な職業人として自立しようとする努力に対して協力する責務を有するものであつて、その有する能力を正当に評価し、適当な雇用の場を与えるとともに適正な雇用管理並びに職業能力の開発及び向上に関する措置を行うことによりその雇用の安定を図るように努めなければならない。
Article 6Responsibilities of the National and Local Governments
第六条（国及び地方公共団体の責務）
As well as taking the initiative in employing persons with disabilities and in addition to increasing the understanding of employers and the people in general with regard to the employment of persons with disabilities, the national and local governments must endeavor to comprehensively and effectively advance the necessary measures to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and achieve employment stability for them, including taking measures to assist employers, persons with disabilities, and other relevant persons and taking vocational rehabilitation measures that are mindful of the attributes of persons with disabilities.
国及び地方公共団体は、自ら率先して障害者を雇用するとともに、障害者の雇用について事業主その他国民一般の理解を高めるほか、事業主、障害者その他の関係者に対する援助の措置及び障害者の特性に配慮した職業リハビリテーションの措置を講ずる等障害者の雇用の促進及びその職業の安定を図るために必要な施策を、障害者の福祉に関する施策との有機的な連携を図りつつ総合的かつ効果的に推進するように努めなければならない。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to formulate the policy that is to form the basis for measures to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and to achieve employment stability for them (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy for employment measures for persons with disabilities").
厚生労働大臣は、障害者の雇用の促進及びその職業の安定に関する施策の基本となるべき方針（以下「障害者雇用対策基本方針」という。）を策定するものとする。
The basic policy for employment measures for persons with disabilities establishes:
障害者雇用対策基本方針に定める事項は、次のとおりとする。
particulars concerning trends in the employment of persons with disabilities;
障害者の就業の動向に関する事項
particulars that will form the basis for measures that are to be taken to achieve comprehensive and effective implementation of vocational rehabilitation measures;
職業リハビリテーションの措置の総合的かつ効果的な実施を図るため講じようとする施策の基本となるべき事項
particulars that will form the basis of measures that are to be taken to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and achieve employment stability for them, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.
In advance of establishing the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to hear the opinions of the Labour Policy Council and seek the opinions of the prefectural governors.
厚生労働大臣は、障害者雇用対策基本方針を定めるに当たつては、あらかじめ、労働政策審議会の意見を聴くほか、都道府県知事の意見を求めるものとする。
Without delay after establishing the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must publicize a policy outline.
厚生労働大臣は、障害者雇用対策基本方針を定めたときは、遅滞なく、その概要を公表しなければならない。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to amendments to the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities.
前二項の規定は、障害者雇用対策基本方針の変更について準用する。
第七条の二（障害者活躍推進計画作成指針）
Based on the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish guidelines for formulating the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities that is provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article (referred to in the following paragraph as the "plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities"; hereinafter in this Article and in paragraph (1) of the following Article, those guidelines are referred to as the "guidelines for formulating the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities") so that the national and local governments are able to comprehensively and effectively implement efforts to encourage employees with disabilities to engage actively in working life by making effective use of their abilities (referred to as "encouraging employees with disabilities to engage actively in working life" in the following paragraph, the following Article, and Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
厚生労働大臣は、国及び地方公共団体が障害者である職員がその有する能力を有効に発揮して職業生活において活躍することの推進（次項、次条及び第七十八条第一項第二号において「障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進」という。）に関する取組を総合的かつ効果的に実施することができるよう、障害者雇用対策基本方針に基づき、次条第一項に規定する障害者活躍推進計画（次項において「障害者活躍推進計画」という。）の作成に関する指針（以下この条及び次条第一項において「障害者活躍推進計画作成指針」という。）を定めるものとする。
In the guidelines for formulating the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish the things that are to serve as guidelines for the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities, with regard to the following particulars:
障害者活躍推進計画作成指針においては、次に掲げる事項につき、障害者活躍推進計画の指針となるべきものを定めるものとする。
the basic particulars of the formulation of the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities;
障害者活躍推進計画の作成に関する基本的な事項
the particulars of the substance of the efforts to encourage employees with disabilities to engage actively in working life;
障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容に関する事項
other important particulars related to the efforts to encourage employees with disabilities to engage actively in working life.
その他障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する重要事項
After having established or altered the guidelines for formulating the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must publicize this without delay.
厚生労働大臣は、障害者活躍推進計画作成指針を定め、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
第七条の三（障害者活躍推進計画の作成等）
The national or local government's appointer (other than a person exercising appointive power after having been delegated by the appointer; the same applies hereinafter) must formulate a plan for efforts to encourage active engagement by employees with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the "plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities" in this Article and Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii)) that the relevant organization (including an organization with which a person exercising appointive power after having been delegated by the appointer is affiliated) will implement, in conformity with the guidelines for formulating the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities.
国及び地方公共団体の任命権者（委任を受けて任命権を行う者を除く。以下同じ。）は、障害者活躍推進計画作成指針に即して、当該機関（当該任命権者の委任を受けて任命権を行う者に係る機関を含む。）が実施する障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する計画（以下この条及び第七十八条第一項第二号において「障害者活躍推進計画」という。）を作成しなければならない。
The plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities is to establish the following particulars:
障害者活躍推進計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。
the term of the plan;
計画期間
the goals to be achieved by implementing efforts to encourage working people with disabilities to engage actively in working life; and
障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施により達成しようとする目標
the substance of the efforts to encourage employees with disabilities to engage actively in working life that are to be implemented, and the timing of their implementation.
実施しようとする障害者である職員の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容及びその実施時期
At the request of the national or local government's appointer, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may give the appointer the advice necessary to formulate the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities.
厚生労働大臣は、国又は地方公共団体の任命権者の求めに応じ、障害者活躍推進計画の作成に関し必要な助言を行うことができる。
After having formulated or altered the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities, the national or local government's appointer must take measures to make this known to employees without delay.
国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、障害者活躍推進計画を作成し、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを職員に周知させるための措置を講じなければならない。
After having formulated or altered the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities, the national or local government's appointer must publicize this without delay.
国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、障害者活躍推進計画を作成し、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
The national or local government's appointer must publicize the status of implementation of the efforts based on the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities at least once every year.
国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、毎年少なくとも一回、障害者活躍推進計画に基づく取組の実施の状況を公表しなければならない。
The national or local government's appointer must endeavor both to implement efforts based on the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities and to achieve the goals provided for in the plan for encouraging active engagement by persons with disabilities.
国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、障害者活躍推進計画に基づく取組を実施するとともに、障害者活躍推進計画に定められた目標を達成するように努めなければならない。