①If an elderly person and other persons (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) or other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance") are separated from employment due to being dismissed by their employer (excluding dismissal based on grounds attributable to those persons themselves) or due to any other reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and if the elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance wish to be re-employed, the employer must strive to search for job openings and take other necessary measures to support the elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance in their search for re-employment (hereinafter referred to as the "measures to support re-employment").

②Public employment security offices are to provide an employer with the necessary advice and other support for the measures to support re-employment that should be taken by the employer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, at the request of the employer.