An employer that employs a worker must retain documents connected with the confirmation under the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (6), Article 43, paragraph (9), and Article 48, paragraph (4), paragraph (9) (inclusive of any electronic or magnetic records that the employer retains in lieu of those documents) that are provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the chief of a public employment security office may request the national or local government's appointer to report on the extent of employment of persons with disabilities and other matters, to the extent necessary to bring this Act into effect.

②Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the chief of a public employment security office may order an employer or other such person (meaning an employer, employers' association, corporation provided for in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iv)-2, (a), or corporation as set forth in item (vii), (b) through (d) of that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), home-based worker with a disability, or home-based work support organization to report on the extent of employment of persons with disabilities and other such matters, or may have the relevant officials enter the place of business of an employer or other such person or of a home-based work support organization, or enter a place in which a home-based worker with a disability is working, ask questions to those concerned, or inspect the books and documents, and other objects to the extent necessary to bring this Act into effect.

③An official conducting an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and present it to those concerned.

④The authority to conduct an on-site inspection under the provisions of paragraph (2) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

Related organizations and groups such as the public employment security offices, JEED, work/life support centers for persons with disabilities, public human resources development facilities and the Polytechnic University, welfare offices provided for in the Social Welfare Act, mental health and welfare centers provided for in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Mental Health and Welfare for the Mentally Disabled, and other aid organizations for persons with disabilities must communicate closely and cooperate with one another to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and stabilize employment for them.

①Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare specified in this Act may be delegated to the director of a prefectural labor bureau pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The authority delegated to the director of a prefectural labor bureau pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the chief of the competent public employment security office pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Beyond what is provided for in this Act, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes the necessary procedures to implement this Act and other such matters.

①The provisions of Article 74-8 do not apply to mariners provided for in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948) and persons seeking to become mariners as provided for in that paragraph (referred to as "current and prospective mariners" in the following paragraph).

②As it concerns current and prospective mariners, in Article 36, paragraph (1), Article 36-5, paragraph (1), Article 36-6, and Article 84, paragraph (1) the phrase "the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare" is deemed to read "the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism"; in Article 36, paragraph (2) and Article 36-5, paragraph (2), the phrase "in paragraph (3) of that Article" is deemed to read "in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of that Article, the phrase 'the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare' is deemed to read 'the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism'"; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the term "Labor Policy Council" is deemed to read "Council of Transport Policy""; in Article 74-5, the phrase "through Article 74-8" is deemed to read ", Article 74-7, and Article 85-2, paragraph (3)"; in Article 74-6, paragraph (1), Article 74-7, paragraph (1), and Article 84, paragraph (1), the phrase "directors of the prefectural labor bureaus" is deemed to read "director of a district transport bureau (including the director of transport administration department)"; in Article 74-7, paragraph (1), the phrase "competent dispute coordinating commission referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1)" is deemed to read "conciliator appointed from among those listed in the mediator candidate list referred to in Article 21, paragraph (3)"; in Article 82, paragraph (2), the phrase "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the chiefs of the public employment security offices" is deemed to read "Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism", the phrase "an employer or other such person (meaning employers, an employers' association, corporation provided for in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iv)-2, (a), or corporation as set forth in item (vii), (b) through (d) of that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), home-based worker with a disability, or home-based work support organization" is deemed to read "an employer", and the phrase "enter the place of business of an employer or other such person or of a home-based work support organization or enter a place in which a home-based worker with a disability is working" is deemed to read "enter the place of business of an employer"; and in Article 84, paragraph (1) and the preceding Article, the phrase "Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" is deemed to read "Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism".

③The provisions of Articles 26 through 32 and Article 37, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment apply mutatis mutandis to the conciliation to be conducted by a conciliator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 74-7, paragraph (1), as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In such a case, in Articles 26 through 29 and Article 32 of that Act, the phrase "the committee" is deemed to be replaced with "the conciliator"; in Article 26 of that Act, the phrase "workers employed at the same workplace as that of the parties concerned" is deemed to be replaced with "persons having expert knowledge for the medical care of persons with disabilities"; in Article 27 of that Act, the phrase "the Prefectural Labor Bureau where the committee is established" is deemed to be replaced with "the district transport bureau (including the transport administration department) where the director of the district transport bureau (including the director of the transport administration department) who appointed the conciliator is established"; in Article 31, paragraph (1) of that Act, the phrase "Article 24, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 74-7, paragraph (1) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities"; in Article 32 of that Act, the phrase "pending in the committee" is deemed to be replaced with "handled by the conciliator"; and in Article 37, paragraph (3) of that Act, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 74-7, paragraph (1) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities".

The provisions of Articles 34 through 36, and Article 36-6, and the preceding Chapter do not apply to national public employees and local public employees; and the provisions of Article 36-2 through 36-5 do not apply with respect to national public employees in the regular service (excluding the employees referred to in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Labor Relations of Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution (Act No. 257 of 1948)), court officials to whom the Act on Temporary Measures Concerning Court Officials (Act No. 299 of 1951) applies, Diet officers to whom the Diet Officers Act (Act No. 85 of 1947) applies, and members provided for in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Self-Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of 1954).