Article 5Operations of the Government

一ensuring the appropriate and smooth coordination of workforce supply and demand;

二establishing and endeavoring to implement the necessary policies to provide employment opportunities for the unemployed;

三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;

四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;

五providing job seekers with the necessary vocational guidance;

六improving the management of operations at public employment security offices, with the cooperation of individuals, organizations, schools, and related administrative authorities; and

七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.