An employer must not take measures which concern the recruitment and employment of workers or any of the matters listed in the items of the preceding Article, and based on criteria other than the worker's sex, which are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as measures that may substantially cause discrimination on the grounds of the worker's sex in consideration of the ratio of men and women who satisfy the criteria and other circumstances, except in cases where there is a legitimate reason to take those measures, such as cases where those measures are specifically required for the purpose of performing the business in light of the nature of the business, or cases where those measures are specifically required for the purpose of employment management in light of the status of business operations.
事業主は、募集及び採用並びに前条各号に掲げる事項に関する措置であつて労働者の性別以外の事由を要件とするもののうち、措置の要件を満たす男性及び女性の比率その他の事情を勘案して実質的に性別を理由とする差別となるおそれがある措置として厚生労働省令で定めるものについては、当該措置の対象となる業務の性質に照らして当該措置の実施が当該業務の遂行上特に必要である場合、事業の運営の状況に照らして当該措置の実施が雇用管理上特に必要である場合その他の合理的な理由がある場合でなければ、これを講じてはならない。