Employment Security Act
職業安定法
Contents
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- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–5-8 · 12
- Chapter II Employment Placement and Vocational Guidance by Employment Security Agencies第二章 職業安定機関の行う職業紹介及び職業指導Articles 6–28 · 25
- Chapter II-2 Employment Placement Carried Out by Local Public Entities第二章の二 地方公共団体の行う職業紹介Articles 29–29-9 · 9
- Chapter III Employment Placement by Persons Other Than Employment Security Agencies and Local Public Entities第三章 職業安定機関及び地方公共団体以外の者の行う職業紹介Articles 30–35 · 26
- Chapter III-2 Worker Recruitment第三章の二 労働者の募集Articles 36–43 · 9
- Chapter III-3 Service of Providing Recruitment/Candidate Information第三章の三 募集情報等提供事業Articles 43-2–43-9 · 8
- Chapter III-4 The Worker Supply Services第三章の四 労働者供給事業Articles 44–47 · 5
- Chapter III-5 Worker Dispatch Services第三章の五 労働者派遣事業等Article 47-2
- Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions第四章 雑則Articles 47-3–62 · 18
- Chapter V Penal Provisions第五章 罰則Articles 63–67 · 5
第一条（法律の目的）
The purpose of this Act, in conjunction with the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies, Stability of Employment of Workers and Enhancement of Vocational Life (Act No. 132 of 1966), is to provide every person with the opportunity to secure a job suited to their abilities and to supply industry with the workforce it requires; This is accomplished by enabling public employment security offices and other employment security organizations to offer services such as employment placement, with the cooperation of relevant administrative authorities and related organizations. Furthermore, the Act ensures the appropriate operation of employment placement services by persons other than employment security agencies, considering the role these services should play in the proper and smooth coordination of labor supply and demand, thereby securing employment stability and contributing to economic and societal development.
この法律は、労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律（昭和四十一年法律第百三十二号）と相まつて、公共に奉仕する公共職業安定所その他の職業安定機関が関係行政庁又は関係団体の協力を得て職業紹介事業等を行うこと、職業安定機関以外の者の行う職業紹介事業等が労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整に果たすべき役割に鑑みその適正な運営を確保すること等により、各人にその有する能力に適合する職業に就く機会を与え、及び産業に必要な労働力を充足し、もつて職業の安定を図るとともに、経済及び社会の発展に寄与することを目的とする。
Article 2Freedom of Choice in Employment
第二条（職業選択の自由）
Every person has the right to freely choose a job, so long as this does not conflict with the public welfare.
何人も、公共の福祉に反しない限り、職業を自由に選択することができる。
第三条（均等待遇）
No person will be treated discriminatorily in matters such as employment placement or vocational guidance on the grounds of race, nationality, creed, sex, social status, family origin, previous profession, labor union membership, or any other similar characteristic; provided, however, that this does not apply if otherwise provided for in a collective agreement entered into between an employer and a labor union under the Labor Union Act.
第四条（定義）
The term "employment placement" as used in this Act refers to receiving applications to post job openings and job-seeking applications, and acting as an intermediary to establish employment relationships between job posters and job seekers.
この法律において「職業紹介」とは、求人及び求職の申込みを受け、求人者と求職者との間における雇用関係の成立をあつせんすることをいう。
The term "free employment placement" as used in this Act refers to employment placement conducted without receiving a commission or other compensation for it, regardless of what it is called.
この法律において「無料の職業紹介」とは、職業紹介に関し、いかなる名義でも、その手数料又は報酬を受けないで行う職業紹介をいう。
The term "paid employment placement" as used in this Act refers to employment placement other than free employment placement.
The term "vocational guidance" as used in this Act refers to guidance provided to individuals seeking employment, facilitating their choice of jobs suited to their abilities and to enhancing their adaptability to those jobs, through practical training, courses, instructions, advice, information provision or other such methods.
この法律において「職業指導」とは、職業に就こうとする者に対し、実習、講習、指示、助言、情報の提供その他の方法により、その者の能力に適合する職業の選択を容易にさせ、及びその職業に対する適応性を増大させるために行う指導をいう。
The term "worker recruitment" as used in this Act refers to an entity seeking to employ a worker, soliciting individuals aspiring to become workers either directly or through a third party.
この法律において「労働者の募集」とは、労働者を雇用しようとする者が、自ら又は他人に委託して、労働者となろうとする者に対し、その被用者となることを勧誘することをいう。
The term "providing recruitment/candidate information" as used in this Act refers to any of the acts set forth in the following items:
この法律において「募集情報等提供」とは、次に掲げる行為をいう。
An act of providing information on worker recruitment, at the request of a person recruiting workers, etc. (meaning a person recruiting workers, a commissioned recruiter (meaning a commissioned recruiter as provided in Article 39; the same applies in item (iii), Article 5-3, paragraph (1), Article 5-4, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 5-5, paragraph (1)), or a provider of employment placement services or other persons provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "provider of employment placement services, etc." in this paragraph); the same applies in item (iv)), to an aspiring worker, or another provider of employment placement services, etc.;
In addition to what is set forth in the preceding item, the act of collecting information on worker recruitment for the purpose of facilitating the choice of occupations for aspiring workers, and providing such information to an aspiring worker, etc. (referring to an aspiring worker, or a provider of employment placement services, etc.; the same applies in the following item);
An act of providing information on aspiring workers to a person recruiting workers, a commissioned recruiter, or another provider of employment placement services, etc. at the request of an aspiring worker, etc.;
労働者になろうとする者等の依頼を受け、労働者になろうとする者に関する情報を労働者の募集を行う者、募集受託者又は他の職業紹介事業者等に提供すること。
In addition to what is set forth in the preceding item, the act of collecting information on aspiring workers, with the aim of facilitating the securing of the required workforce by those recruiting workers and providing such information to such recruiters, etc.
前号に掲げるもののほか、労働者になろうとする者に関する情報を、労働者の募集を行う者の必要とする労働力の確保を容易にすることを目的として収集し、労働者の募集を行う者等に提供すること。
The term "providing recruitment/candidate information in a specific manner" as used in this Act refers to the act of providing recruitment/candidate information that is conducted by collecting information on aspiring workers.
この法律において「特定募集情報等提供」とは、労働者になろうとする者に関する情報を収集して行う募集情報等提供をいう。
The term "worker supply" as used in this Act refers to having a worker work under the direction and orders of another person based upon a supply contract, and does not include anything that constitutes worker dispatch as provided in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Businesses and Protecting Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "Worker Dispatching Act").
この法律において「労働者供給」とは、供給契約に基づいて労働者を他人の指揮命令を受けて労働に従事させることをいい、労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律（昭和六十年法律第八十八号。以下「労働者派遣法」という。）第二条第一号に規定する労働者派遣に該当するものを含まないものとする。
The term "specified local public entity" as used in this Act refers to a local public entity that provides free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1).
この法律において「特定地方公共団体」とは、第二十九条第一項の規定により無料の職業紹介事業を行う地方公共団体をいう。
The term "employment placement service provider" as used in this Act refers to a person who provides employment placement services after either obtaining license as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1), or filing the notification under the provisions of Article 33-2, paragraph (1) or Article 33-3, paragraph (1).
この法律において「職業紹介事業者」とは、第三十条第一項若しくは第三十三条第一項の許可を受けて、又は第三十三条の二第一項若しくは第三十三条の三第一項の規定による届出をして職業紹介事業を行う者をいう。
The term "provider of recruitment/candidate information in a specified manner" as used in this Act refers to a person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information in a specified manner after filing the notification under the provisions of Article 43-2, paragraph (1).
この法律において「特定募集情報等提供事業者」とは、第四十三条の二第一項の規定による届出をして特定募集情報等提供事業を行う者をいう。
The term "provider of worker supply services" as used in this Act refers to a labor union or equivalent entity (meaning a labor union under the Labor Union Act or other entity equivalent thereto that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) that provides the worker supply services pursuant to the provisions of Article 45.
The term "personal information" as used in this Act refers to information concerning an individual, from which a specific individual can be identified (including information from which a specific individual can be identified when cross-checked against other information).
この法律において「個人情報」とは、個人に関する情報であつて、特定の個人を識別することができるもの（他の情報と照合することにより特定の個人を識別することができることとなるものを含む。）をいう。
Article 5Operations of the Government
第五条（政府の行う業務）
The government undertakes the following operations in order to accomplish the purpose referred to in Article 1:
政府は、第一条の目的を達成するために、次に掲げる業務を行う。
ensuring the appropriate and smooth coordination of workforce supply and demand;
労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整を図ること。
establishing and endeavoring to implement the necessary policies to provide employment opportunities for the unemployed;
失業者に対し、職業に就く機会を与えるために、必要な政策を樹立し、その実施に努めること。
providing free employment placement services to help job seekers promptly obtain jobs that are suited to their abilities and to provide job posters with the workforce that they need;
求職者に対し、迅速に、その能力に適合する職業に就くことをあつせんするため、及び求人者に対し、その必要とする労働力を充足するために、無料の職業紹介事業を行うこと。
providing guidance and supervision for employment placement, worker recruitment, the service of providing recruitment/candidate information, worker supply services, and worker dispatch services that are provided for in Article 2, item (iii) of the Worker Dispatching Act and the services to secure employment opportunities for construction workers that are provided for in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the Act on the Improvement of Employment of Construction Workers (Act No. 33 of 1976; hereinafter referred to as the "Construction Work Act") (hereinafter referred to as "worker dispatch and construction worker services") is carried out by persons other than the government (excluding specified local public entities carrying out free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) and local public entities carrying out the service of providing recruitment/candidate information),this is done in a way that promotes the interests of workers and the public;
政府以外の者（第二十九条第一項の規定により無料の職業紹介事業を行う場合における特定地方公共団体及び募集情報等提供事業を行う場合における地方公共団体を除く。）の行う職業紹介、労働者の募集、募集情報等提供事業、労働者供給事業又は労働者派遣法第二条第三号に規定する労働者派遣事業及び建設労働者の雇用の改善等に関する法律（昭和五十一年法律第三十三号。以下「建設労働法」という。）第二条第十項に規定する建設業務労働者就業機会確保事業（以下「労働者派遣事業等」という。）を労働者及び公共の利益を増進するように、指導監督すること。
providing job seekers with the necessary vocational guidance;
求職者に対し、必要な職業指導を行うこと。
improving the management of operations at public employment security offices, with the cooperation of individuals, organizations, schools, and related administrative authorities; and
個人、団体、学校又は関係行政庁の協力を得て、公共職業安定所の業務の運営の改善向上を図ること。
providing employment placement or vocational guidance for persons who are entitled to receive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act (Act No. 116 of 1974), and ensuring the smooth operation of the employment insurance system.
雇用保険法（昭和四十九年法律第百十六号）の規定によつて、給付を受けるべき者について、職業紹介又は職業指導を行い、雇用保険制度の健全な運用を図ること。