Section 5 Employment Promotion Benefits
第五節 就職促進給付
Article 56-3Employment Promotion Allowance
第五十六条の三（就業促進手当）
Employment promotion allowance is paid to a person who falls under any of the following items when the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
就業促進手当は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者に対して、公共職業安定所長が厚生労働省令で定める基準に従つて必要があると認めたときに、支給する。
a qualified recipient who has taken up stable employment specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for whom the remaining number of benefit days for the basic allowance on the day before the day on which the recipient took up the employment (meaning the number of days for which the basic allowance would have been payable to the person, assuming they had not taken up the employment, during the period between the day after the day on which they took up the employment and the final day of the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) pertaining to the recipient qualification (for qualified recipients falling under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3), the period under the provisions of the same paragraph, and for qualified recipients falling under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article, the period under the provisions of the same paragraph); the same applies hereinafter) is one-third or more of the prescribed duration of benefits based on said recipient qualification; or
a qualified recipient (limited to a person for whom the remaining number of benefit days for the basic allowance on the day before the day on which the person took up the employment is less than one-third of the prescribed duration of benefits based on the recipient qualification), elderly qualified recipient (including a person who has received payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly and for whom one year calculated from the day after the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the elderly concerned has not elapsed; the same applies hereinafter in this Section), specially qualified recipient (including a person who has received the special lump sum payment and for whom six months calculated from the day after the day of separation from service pertaining to the special recipient qualification concerned have not elapsed; the same applies hereinafter in this Section), or qualified day worker recipient (meaning a person who is able to receive payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers pursuant to the provisions of Article 45 or Article 54; the same applies hereinafter), who has taken up stable employment specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and who is designated as a physically disabled person or any other person who has difficulty finding employment by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
厚生労働省令で定める安定した職業に就いた受給資格者（当該職業に就いた日の前日における基本手当の支給残日数が当該受給資格に基づく所定給付日数の三分の一未満である者に限る。）、高年齢受給資格者（高年齢求職者給付金の支給を受けた者であつて、当該高年齢受給資格に係る離職の日の翌日から起算して一年を経過していないものを含む。以下この節において同じ。）、特例受給資格者（特例一時金の支給を受けた者であつて、当該特例受給資格に係る離職の日の翌日から起算して六箇月を経過していないものを含む。以下この節において同じ。）又は日雇受給資格者（第四十五条又は第五十四条の規定による日雇労働求職者給付金の支給を受けることができる者をいう。以下同じ。）であつて、身体障害者その他の就職が困難な者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
If a qualified recipient, elderly qualified recipient, specially qualified recipient, or qualified day worker recipient (referred to as a "qualified recipient, etc." in Article 58 and Article 59, paragraph (1)) has received payment of an employment promotion allowance with regard to the employment during the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare before the day on which the person took up the stable employment prescribed in each item of the preceding paragraph, the employment promotion allowance is not paid, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph.
The amount of the employment promotion allowance is to be the amount prescribed respectively in the following items, in accordance with the classification of persons listed in each item:
就業促進手当の額は、次の各号に掲げる者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額とする。
persons who fall under paragraph (1), item (i):the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of the basic allowance under the provisions of Article 16 (when the amount exceeds the amount obtained by multiplying 12,090 yen (when the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount) prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article (including as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article, following the deemed replacement of terms) by 50 percent (for qualified recipients who are 60 years old or older and under 65 years old on the day of separation from service pertaining to their recipient qualification, 45 percent), that amount; hereinafter referred to as the "daily basic allowance amount" in this Article) by the number obtained by multiplying the number of days equivalent to the remaining number of benefit days by 0.6 (for persons for whom the remaining number of benefit days for the basic allowance on the day before the day on which they took up the employment is two-thirds or more of the prescribed duration of benefits based on the recipient qualification, 0.7) (for persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare who are employed continuously for six months or more in a covered undertaking by the same employer from the day on which they took up the employment, the amount obtained by adding to that amount the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within the limit of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily basic allowance amount by the number obtained by multiplying the number of days equivalent to the remaining number of benefit days by 0.2); and
第一項第一号に該当する者 第十六条の規定による基本手当の日額（その金額が同条第一項（同条第二項において読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）に規定する一万二千九十円（その額が第十八条の規定により変更されたときは、その変更された額）に百分の五十（受給資格に係る離職の日において六十歳以上六十五歳未満である受給資格者にあつては、百分の四十五）を乗じて得た金額を超えるときは、当該金額。以下この条において「基本手当日額」という。）に支給残日数に相当する日数に十分の六（その職業に就いた日の前日における基本手当の支給残日数が当該受給資格に基づく所定給付日数の三分の二以上である者にあつては、十分の七）を乗じて得た数を乗じて得た額（同一の事業主の適用事業にその職業に就いた日から引き続いて六箇月以上雇用される者であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものにあつては、当該額に、基本手当日額に支給残日数に相当する日数に十分の二を乗じて得た数を乗じて得た額を限度として厚生労働省令で定める額を加えて得た額）
persons who fall under paragraph (1), item (ii): the amount specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the classification of persons listed in the following sub-items (a) through (d), within the limit of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount prescribed in the sub-items (a) through (d) by 40:
第一項第二号に該当する者 次のイからニまでに掲げる者の区分に応じ、当該イからニまでに定める額に四十を乗じて得た額を限度として厚生労働省令で定める額
qualified recipients:the daily amount of the basic allowance;
受給資格者 基本手当日額
elderly qualified recipients:the daily amount of the basic allowance to be paid to the persons when the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 are applied by deeming them as qualified recipients of the basic allowance who are under 30 years old on the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the elderly (when the amount exceeds the amount obtained by multiplying 12,090 yen (when the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount) prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) which is applied by deeming the persons as qualified recipients of the basic allowance, by 50 percent, that amount);
specially qualified recipients:the daily amount of the basic allowance to be paid to the persons when the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 are applied by deeming them as qualified recipients of the basic allowance (when the amount exceeds the amount obtained by multiplying 12,090 yen (when the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount) prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) (including as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article, following the deemed replacement of terms) which is applied by deeming the persons as qualified recipients of the basic allowance, by 50 percent (for specially qualified recipients who are 60 years old or older and under 65 years old on the day of separation from service pertaining to their special recipient qualifications, 45 percent), that amount);
qualified day worker recipients:the daily amount of the job applicant benefits for day workers under the provisions of Article 48 or Article 54, item (ii).
When the employment promotion allowance pertaining to persons who fall under paragraph (1), item (i) has been paid, with regard to the application of the provisions of this Act (excluding the provisions of Article 10-4 and Article 34), the basic allowance is deemed to have been paid for the number of days equivalent to the number of days obtained by dividing the amount of the employment promotion allowance by the daily basic allowance amount.
Article 57Special Provisions for Cases where the Employment Promotion Allowance Has Been Paid
第五十七条（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例）
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 33, paragraph (3), when the period listed in item (i) exceeds the period listed in item (ii), with regard to specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance, the basic allowance benefit period for the specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance is to be the period adding the period under these provisions and the exceeding period:
the period adding the period between the day after the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the basic allowance pertaining to the employment promotion allowance (limited to the allowance pertaining to persons who fall under paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and the day of the second separation from service (meaning the first separation from employment after receiving payment of the employment promotion allowance; the same applies in the following paragraph (when the recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly, or special recipient qualification has been newly obtained, excluding separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly, or special recipient qualification)) and the number of days listed in the following sub-items (a) and (b):
the number of days specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within a limit of 20 days or less;
二十日以下の範囲内で厚生労働省令で定める日数
the number of days obtained by deducting the number of days for which the basic allowance is deemed to have been paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article from the remaining number of benefit days on the day before the day on which the person took up the employment pertaining to the employment promotion allowance;
the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) pertaining to the recipient qualification, assuming the person had not taken up the employment (for qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3), the period prescribed in the same paragraph).
The specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance referred to in the preceding paragraph means persons who have received payment of the employment promotion allowance, whose second separation from service falls within the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance pertaining to the employment promotion allowance (for qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3), the period prescribed in the same paragraph) and who fall under any of the following items:
persons whose second separation from service has been prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as having accompanied an insolvency that occurred with regard to the undertaking by the employer who had been employing the persons, or the downsizing or discontinuance of the covered undertaking by the employer;
beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, persons who have been separated from service because of dismissal or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
With regard to qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of paragraph (1), the term "Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 24, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 57, paragraph (1)."
The provisions of Article 33, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to qualified recipients who fall under paragraph (1).
第五十八条（移転費）
If a qualified recipient, etc., changes their domicile or residence to take up the employment referred by the Public Employment Security Office, a specified local government prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (9) of the Employment Security Act or an employment placement provider prescribed in Article 18-2 of that Act, or to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, and the chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, relocation expenses are paid.
移転費は、受給資格者等が公共職業安定所、職業安定法第四条第九項に規定する特定地方公共団体若しくは同法第十八条の二に規定する職業紹介事業者の紹介した職業に就くため、又は公共職業安定所長の指示した公共職業訓練等を受けるため、その住所又は居所を変更する場合において、公共職業安定所長が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて必要があると認めたときに、支給する。
The amount of the relocation expenses is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taking into account the expenses normally required for relocation of a qualified recipient, etc., and cohabiting relatives who are supported by the recipient.
移転費の額は、受給資格者等及びその者により生計を維持されている同居の親族の移転に通常要する費用を考慮して、厚生労働省令で定める。
Article 59Job-Seeking Activity Support Expenses
第五十九条（求職活動支援費）
When a qualified recipient, etc., engages in any of the acts falling under the following items in connection with job-seeking activities and the chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, job-seeking activity support expenses are paid:
求職活動支援費は、受給資格者等が求職活動に伴い次の各号のいずれかに該当する行為をする場合において、公共職業安定所長が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて必要があると認めたときに、支給する。
job-seeking activities over a wide area through referral by the Public Employment Security Office;
公共職業安定所の紹介による広範囲の地域にわたる求職活動
taking a course of job-related educational training or engaging in other activities in accordance with the vocational guidance of the Public Employment Security Office; and
公共職業安定所の職業指導に従つて行う職業に関する教育訓練の受講その他の活動
using services for facilitating job-seeking activities.
求職活動を容易にするための役務の利用
The amount of the job-seeking activity support expenses is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taking into account the expenses normally required for the acts referred to in the items of the preceding paragraph.
求職活動支援費の額は、前項各号の行為に通常要する費用を考慮して、厚生労働省令で定める。
Article 60Restriction on Benefits
第六十条（給付制限）
The employment promotion benefits are not paid to a person who has received or attempted to receive payment of the job applicant benefits or employment promotion benefits by deception or other wrongful acts, starting from the day on which the person received or attempted to receive payment of these benefits; provided, however, that if there are unavoidable reasons, the whole or a part of the employment promotion benefits may be paid.
偽りその他不正の行為により求職者給付又は就職促進給付の支給を受け、又は受けようとした者には、これらの給付の支給を受け、又は受けようとした日以後、就職促進給付を支給しない。ただし、やむを得ない理由がある場合には、就職促進給付の全部又は一部を支給することができる。
If a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph has newly obtained recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly or special recipient qualification on or after the day prescribed in the same paragraph, the employment promotion benefits based on the recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly or special recipient qualification are paid, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph.
Where a person prescribed in paragraph (1) who has been disqualified from receiving payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (4); the same applies in the following paragraph), is or has become a qualified day worker recipient, after the expiration of the period of disqualification for the payment, the employment promotion benefits are paid based on the qualification as a qualified day worker recipient, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).
If a person prescribed in paragraph (1) (excluding a person who is considered to be disqualified from receiving payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (3)) has newly become a qualified day worker recipient, the employment promotion benefits based on the qualification as a qualified day worker recipient are paid to the person, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).
When a qualified recipient has become unable to receive payment of the whole or a part of the employment promotion allowance based on the recipient qualification, due to being denied payment of the employment promotion benefits pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the whole or a part of the employment promotion allowance that the person was disqualified from receiving is deemed to have been paid, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 56-3, paragraph (4).
受給資格者が第一項の規定により就職促進給付を支給されないこととされたため、当該受給資格に基づく就業促進手当の全部又は一部の支給を受けることができなくなつたときは、第五十六条の三第四項の規定の適用については、その全部又は一部の支給を受けることができないこととされた就業促進手当の支給があつたものとみなす。