①All employers have a collective responsibility to extend appropriate places of employment based on the principles of social solidarity as it relates to the employment of qualifying disabled persons, and must endeavor to readily hire qualifying disabled persons.

②The term "qualifying disabled person" as used in this Chapter, Article 86, item (ii) and Articles 3 through 6 of the Supplementary Provisions means a person with a physical disability, a person with an intellectual disability, or a person with a mental disability (but only one who has been issued a mental disability certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Act on Mental Health and Welfare for Persons with Mental Disorders or Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1950); the same applies hereinafter, except in Section 4 and Article 79, paragraph (1)).

①With regard to the hiring of employees (limited to employees who work for the organization in question (inclusive of any organization with which a person exercising appointive power after having been delegated by the relevant appointer is associated; the same applies hereinafter) on a full-time basis, other than police officers, self-defense officers, and other officials provided for by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter, except in Article 79, paragraph (1) and Article 81, paragraph (2)), if the number of qualifying disabled employees who work for an organization is less than the number arrived at when the total number of employees of that organization is multiplied by a rate no lower than the mandatory proportion of disabled workers provided for in Article 43, paragraph (2) which is provided for by Cabinet Order (any part of the number so calculated representing less than one full person is disregarded), the national or local government's appointer, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must draw up a plan for hiring qualifying disabled persons in order to bring the number of qualifying disabled employees up to at least the number arrived at when the total number of employees is multiplied by the aforementioned rate.

②When the total number of employees referred to in the preceding paragraph is calculated, each employee working reduced hours (meaning a full-time employee whose weekly working hours are short compared to the weekly working hours of employees with standard employment statuses who work at the relevant organization, and are less than the number of hours prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 43, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter) is deemed to constitute the number of employees that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③When the number of qualifying disabled employees referred to in paragraph (1) is calculated, each qualifying disabled employee working reduced hours is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled employees that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④When the number of qualifying disabled employees referred to in paragraph (1) is calculated, each employee with a severe physical disability or severe intellectual disability (excluding employees working reduced hours) is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled employees that is provided for by Cabinet Order.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), when the number of qualifying disabled employees referred to in paragraph (1) is calculated, each employee with a severe physical or intellectual disability who is working reduced hours is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled employees provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the extent that this does not reach the number provided for by Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph.

⑥Whether an employee working at the organization in question is a qualifying disabled person is to be confirmed using the documents provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑦On finding it to be necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may give the national or local government's appointer recommendations as to the proper implementation of the confirmation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①The national or local government's appointer must report the plan referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and the status of its implementation to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

②On finding it to be especially necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may give the national or local government's appointer who has drawn up the plan referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article recommendations as to the proper implementation of that plan.

①The national or local government's appointer must report the appointment and dismissal status for qualifying disabled employees at the relevant organization to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare once a year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

②Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the national or local government's appointer must disclose the substance of what was reported to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①To apply the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) and the preceding Article to a ministry or agency (meaning an organization provided for in Article 49, paragraph (1) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999) or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948); the same applies hereinafter) that, based on the application of that ministry's or agency's appointer and the appointer of an external bureau and other organizations (meaning the organizations provided for in Article 49, paragraph (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or commissions and agencies provided for in Article 3, paragraph (2) and extraordinary organizations provided for in Article 8-3 of the National Government Organization Act; the same applies hereinafter), has been approved by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as a ministry or agency that may accelerate the hiring of qualifying disabled employees as a single entity (hereinafter referred to as the "approved ministry or agency"), the employees who work at those external bureaus and other organizations are deemed to be employees who work solely at that approved ministry or agency, and those external bureaus and other organizations are deemed to be that approved ministry or agency.

②If, after the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted the approval under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the approved ministry or agency or an external bureau or other organization is disestablished or the Minister finds that the approved ministry or agency or an external bureau or other organization has become unable to accelerate the hiring of qualifying disabled employees, the Minister may revoke that approval.

①To apply the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) and Article 40 to a local government organization that, based on the application of the appointer of that organization and the appointer of a local government organization other than the organization in question (hereinafter referred to as "the other organization"), has had it certified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare that it and the other organization conform to the following criteria (hereinafter referred to as a "certified local organization"), the employees who work at the other organization are deemed to be employees who work solely at the certified local organization, and the other organization is deemed to be that certified local organization:

②If, after the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare grants a certification under the preceding paragraph, the certified local organization or the other organization is disestablished or the Minister finds that it no longer conforms to the criteria set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph, the Minister may revoke the certification.

①When an employment relationship changes as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the employer (meaning an employer that employs regularly employed workers (hereinafter simply referred to as "workers") and excluding the national government and local governments; the same applies hereinafter, except in the following Chapter and Article 81-2) must ensure that the number of qualifying disabled workers they employ is at least the number arrived at when the number of workers they employ is multiplied by the mandatory proportion of disabled workers (any part of the number so calculated representing less than one full person is disregarded; referred to as the "legally mandated number of workers with disabilities" in Article 46, paragraph (1)).

②The "mandatory proportion of disabled workers" that is referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be set based on the percentage of the total number of workers (inclusive of those who are unable to obtain stable employment despite having the will and ability to work; the same applies in Article 54, paragraph (3)) that the total number of qualifying disabled workers (inclusive of qualifying disabled persons who are unable to obtain stable employment despite having the will and ability to work; the same applies in Article 54, paragraph (3)) accounts for, and is prescribed by Cabinet Order at least every five years in consideration of the changes in that percentage.

③When the number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (1) and the total number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in the preceding paragraph are calculated, each part-time worker (meaning a regularly employed worker who has a number of scheduled working hours per week that is low in comparison to the number of scheduled working hours per week of workers with standard employment statuses who are employed at that employer's place of business, and that is less than the number of hours specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) who is a qualifying disabled person is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled workers provided for by Order of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④When the number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (1) and the total number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (2) are calculated, each worker with a severe physical or intellectual disability (other than a part-time worker) is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled workers prescribed by Cabinet Order.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), when the number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (1) and the total number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (2) are calculated, each part-time worker with a severe physical or intellectual disability is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled workers prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the extent that this does not reach the number provided for by Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph.

⑥Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), for a special public corporation (meaning a corporation incorporated directly by a law, a corporation incorporated through a special act of incorporation pursuant to a special law, or a corporation that a local government incorporates under a special law, all or substantial parts of whose capital has been contributed by the national government or local governments or whose primary sources of funds for expenses necessary for project management are grants or subsidies from the national government or local governments and that are provided for by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter), the mandatory proportion of disabled workers referred to in paragraph (1) is to be a percentage of not less than the percentage under the provisions of paragraph (2) that Cabinet Order prescribes.

⑦An employer (limited to one that ordinarily employs at least the number of workers provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) must report the employment status of qualifying disabled workers to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare once a year, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑧When the number of workers an employer employs that is referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph and the total number of workers referred to in paragraph (2) are calculated, each part-time worker is deemed to constitute the number of workers that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑨Whether a worker employed by the employer in question is a qualifying disabled person is to be confirmed using the documents provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.