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Article 51Duty to Maintain Confidentiality

第五十一条(秘密を守る義務等)

It is prohibited for a provider of employment placement services, job poster, person recruiting workers, commissioned recruiter, provider of recruitment/candidate information in a specified manner, provider of worker supply services, or person seeking to have workers supplied to it (hereinafter referred to as a "provider of employment placement services, etc." in this Article), or an agent, employee or any other worker of the provider of employment placement services, etc. to divulge a personal secret learned with respect to any matter handled in the course of operations, without reasonable grounds. The same applies even after the person is no longer a provider of employment placement services, etc., or an agent, employee, or any other worker of the provider of employment placement services, etc.

職業紹介事業者、求人者、労働者の募集を行う者、募集受託者、特定募集情報等提供事業者、労働者供給事業者及び労働者供給を受けようとする者(以下この条において「職業紹介事業者等」という。)並びにこれらの代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、正当な理由なく、その業務上取り扱つたことについて知り得た人の秘密を漏らしてはならない。職業紹介事業者等及びこれらの代理人、使用人その他の従業者でなくなつた後においても、同様とする。

In addition to the secret referred to in the preceding paragraph, it is prohibited for a provider of employment placement services, etc., or an agent, employee or any other worker of the provider of employment placement services, etc. to inform another person of a piece of personal information, or of information concerning a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, that it has learned in connection with its operations, without due cause. The same applies even after the person is no longer a provider of employment placement services, etc., or an agent, employee, or any other worker of the provider of employment placement services, etc.

職業紹介事業者等及びこれらの代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、前項の秘密のほか、その業務に関して知り得た個人情報その他厚生労働省令で定める者に関する情報を、みだりに他人に知らせてはならない。職業紹介事業者等及びこれらの代理人、使用人その他の従業者でなくなつた後においても、同様とする。

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