The purpose of this Act is for the national government to facilitate the proper functioning of the labor market in order to promote the stable employment of workers and the enrichment of their vocational lives according to their diverse circumstances, as well as the improvement of labor productivity, and enable workers to make effective use of their abilities by comprehensively taking necessary measures for employment in response to demographic changes caused by the declining birthrate and the aging of the population as well as other changes in economic and social circumstances, thereby creating employment security for workers and improving their economic and social status, as well as contributing to economic and social development and the attainment of full employment.
この法律は、国が、少子高齢化による人口構造の変化等の経済社会情勢の変化に対応して、労働に関し、その政策全般にわたり、必要な施策を総合的に講ずることにより、労働市場の機能が適切に発揮され、労働者の多様な事情に応じた雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実並びに労働生産性の向上を促進して、労働者がその有する能力を有効に発揮することができるようにし、これを通じて、労働者の職業の安定と経済的社会的地位の向上とを図るとともに、経済及び社会の発展並びに完全雇用の達成に資することを目的とする。
In enforcing this Act, workers' freedom of choice in employment and employers' autonomy in their employment management must be respected, and efforts must be made to motivate workers to develop and improve their vocational abilities and achieve independence through work, as well as to facilitate employers' efforts toward ensuring employment security for workers.
この法律の運用に当たつては、労働者の職業選択の自由及び事業主の雇用の管理についての自主性を尊重しなければならず、また、職業能力の開発及び向上を図り、職業を通じて自立しようとする労働者の意欲を高め、かつ、労働者の職業を安定させるための事業主の努力を助長するように努めなければならない。