Article 102-5Early Re-employment Support, etc. Grant

一the employer is one that falls under any of the following:

イthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer has prepared a re-employment assistance plan and received certification from the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office;

（２）the employer has stated, in the re-employment assistance plan under (1), the necessary matters concerning support for the re-employment of insured persons covered by the re-employment assistance plan under (1) (excluding specially insured persons in short-term employment, insured day workers, persons whose period of continuous employment as an insured person with that employer is less than one year, and persons who are expected to return to the place of business of that employer (these persons being referred to as "specially insured persons in short-term employment, etc." in the following item); hereinafter referred to as "plan-covered insured persons");

（３）the employer has obtained the consent of a labor union, etc. to the content of the re-employment assistance plan under (1);

（４）the employer has commissioned an employment placement service provider (limited to a provider of paid employment placement services prescribed in Article 32-3, paragraph (1) of the Employment Security Act that meets the standards determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau; the same applies in the following item, the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) to provide support for the re-employment of plan-covered insured persons, and has borne the expenses required for that commission;

（５）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of bearing the expenses required for the commission under (4);

（６）the employer is one for which the number of plan-covered insured persons pertaining to the commission under (4) is the number determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau or more;

（７）the employer has achieved the re-employment of a plan-covered insured person pertaining to the commission under (4) during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that plan-covered insured person is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that plan-covered insured person (excluding the case where, during the period from the day of the commission under (4) to the day on which the re-employment of that plan-covered insured person was achieved, the employment placement service provider under (4) did not provide support for the re-employment of that plan-covered insured person; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4));

（８）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the plan-covered insured person whose re-employment was achieved under (7);

ロthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer is one that falls under (1) through (3) of (a);

（２）the employer has given plan-covered insured persons leave for job-seeking activities, etc. (excluding leave given as annual paid leave under Article 39 of the Labor Standards Act (hereinafter referred to as "annual paid leave"); the same applies in the following item);

（３）the employer has paid plan-covered insured persons, for the days of the leave under (2), an amount equal to or more than the amount of ordinary wages;

（４）the employer has achieved the re-employment of a plan-covered insured person to whom the leave under (2) is granted during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that plan-covered insured person is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that plan-covered insured person;

（５）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the plan-covered insured person whose re-employment was achieved under (4);

（６）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of granting of leave to the plan-covered insured persons to whom the leave under (2) is granted and the status of payment of wages to those plan-covered insured persons;

ハthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer is one that falls under (1) through (3) of (a);

（２）the employer has commissioned an educational training facility, etc. to conduct training for plan-covered insured persons for acquiring the knowledge or skills necessary to perform duties at the place of re-employment, as support for the re-employment of plan-covered insured persons, and has borne the expenses required for that commission;

（３）the employer has achieved the re-employment of a plan-covered insured person pertaining to the commission under (2) during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that plan-covered insured person is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that plan-covered insured person;

（４）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the plan-covered insured person whose re-employment was achieved under (3);

（５）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of bearing the expenses required for the commission under (2);

二the employer is one that falls under any of the following:

イthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer has prepared a Support Plan for Job-Seeking;

（２）the employer, before preparing the Support Plan for Job-Seeking, has prepared a basic plan for supporting job-seeking activities stating the necessary matters concerning support for the re-employment of insured persons who are subject to that Support Plan for Job-Seeking (excluding specially insured persons in short-term employment, etc.; hereinafter referred to as "insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document") (meaning a document stating the content of measures for assistance with re-employment, etc. that are to be taken in common for insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document; the same applies hereinafter in this item), and has submitted it to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau;

（３）the employer has obtained the consent of a labor union, etc. to the content of the basic plan for supporting job-seeking activities under (2);

（４）the employer has commissioned an employment placement service provider to provide support for the re-employment of insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document, and has borne the expenses required for that commission;

（５）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of bearing the expenses required for the commission under (4);

（６）the employer is one for which the number of insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document pertaining to the commission under (4) is the number determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau or more;

（７）the employer has achieved the re-employment of an insured person covered by a job-seeking support document pertaining to the commission under (4) during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document (excluding the case where, during the period from the day of the commission under (4) to the day on which the re-employment of that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document was achieved, the employment placement service provider under (4) did not provide support for the re-employment of that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4));

（８）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment was achieved under (7);

ロthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer is one that falls under (1) through (3) of (a);

（２）the employer has given insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document leave for job-seeking activities, etc.;

（３）the employer has paid insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document, for the days of the leave under (2), an amount equal to or more than the amount of ordinary wages;

（４）the employer has achieved the re-employment of an insured person covered by a job-seeking support document to whom the leave under (2) is granted during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document;

（５）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment was achieved under (4);

（６）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of granting of leave to the insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document to whom the leave under (2) is granted and the status of payment of wages to those insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document;

ハthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）the employer is one that falls under (1) through (3) of (a);

（２）the employer has commissioned an educational training facility, etc. to conduct training for insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document for acquiring the knowledge or skills necessary to perform duties at the place of re-employment, as support for the re-employment of insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document, and has borne the expenses required for that commission;

（３）the employer has achieved the re-employment of an insured person covered by a job-seeking support document pertaining to the commission under (2) during the period until the day on which six months (nine months where that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document is a person aged 45 or more) have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document;

（４）the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer of the place of re-employment of the insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment was achieved under (3);

（５）the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of bearing the expenses required for the commission under (2);

三the amount specified in (a) through (c) respectively, according to the categories of employers set out in (a) through (c).

イthe amount specified in each of the following provisions, according to the following categories of employers:

（１）a small and medium-sized enterprise employer that falls under item (i), (a) or the preceding item, (a): for each plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment under item (i), (a), (7) or the preceding item, (a), (7) was achieved, an amount of 1/2 of the expenses required for the commission under item (i), (a), (4) or the preceding item, (a), (4) (where those expenses include expenses pertaining to the implementation of re-employment support training prescribed in the following paragraph or expenses pertaining to the implementation of group work prescribed in paragraph (4), excluding an amount equivalent to the amount paid to that employer under the following paragraph or paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this sub-item (a)) (2/3 for a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment falls under conditions determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau (hereinafter referred to as "specified plan-covered insured persons, etc." in this sub-item (a))) (for a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document who is a person aged 45 or more, 2/3 (4/5 for specified plan-covered insured persons, etc. who are persons aged 45 or more)) (where the number of such plan-covered insured persons or insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document in a single fiscal year exceeds 500 for a single place of business, payment is limited to up to 500 persons for that place of business; the same applies hereinafter in this sub-item (a));

（２）an employer that falls under item (i), (a) or the preceding item, (a), other than a small and medium-sized enterprise employer: for each plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment under item (i), (a), (7) or the preceding item, (a), (7) was achieved, an amount of 1/4 of the expenses required for the commission under item (i), (a), (4) or the preceding item, (a), (4) (1/3 for specified plan-covered insured persons, etc.) (for a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document who is a person aged 45 or more, 1/3 (2/5 for specified plan-covered insured persons, etc. who are persons aged 45 or more));

ロan employer that falls under item (i), (b) or the preceding item, (b): an amount obtained by multiplying the total number of days of the leave under item (i), (b), (2) or the preceding item, (b), (2) (limited to leave given to a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment under item (i), (b), (4) or the preceding item, (b), (4) was achieved; up to a limit of 180 days for each such plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document) by 5,000 yen (8,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) (where the amount equal to or more than the amount of ordinary wages paid is less than 5,000 yen (8,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer), that amount equal to or more than the amount of ordinary wages) (where the number of such plan-covered insured persons or insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document in a single fiscal year exceeds 500 for a single place of business, payment is limited to up to 500 persons for that place of business);

ハan employer that falls under item (i), (c) or the preceding item, (c): the total amount of the following amounts:

（１）3/4 of the expenses required for the commission under item (i), (c), (2) or the preceding item, (c), (2) (limited to a commission implemented for a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document whose re-employment under item (i), (c), (3) or the preceding item, (c), (3) was achieved) (where that 3/4 amount exceeds, for each plan-covered insured person who received the training under item (i), (c), (2) or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document who received the training under the preceding item, (c), (2), the amount specified in each of (i) through (iii) below according to the categories of hours of implementation of a single training under item (i), (c), (2) or training under the preceding item, (c), (2) set out in (i) through (iii), that specified amount) (where the number of such plan-covered insured persons or insured persons covered by a job-seeking support document in a single fiscal year exceeds 500 for a single place of business, payment is limited to up to 500 persons for that place of business);

（ｉ）10 hours or more and less than 100 hours: 100,000 yen (150,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);

（ｉｉ）100 hours or more and less than 200 hours: 200,000 yen (300,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);

（ｉｉｉ）200 hours or more: 300,000 yen (500,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);

（２）an amount obtained by multiplying the number of working hours that formed the basis for calculating the amount of wages paid during the period of receiving the training under item (i), (c), (2) for that plan-covered insured person (limited to classroom learning, etc. (meaning vocational training, etc. (meaning vocational training or educational training; the same applies hereinafter, except in Article 138) other than practical training (meaning vocational training pertaining to the acquisition of practical skills and knowledge related thereto through actual work in the course of performing business conducted by an employer; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter) that the employer conducts by commissioning an educational training facility, etc.) or the training under the preceding item, (c), (2) for that insured person covered by a job-seeking support document (limited to classroom learning, etc. that the employer conducts by commissioning an educational training facility, etc.), by 480 yen (960 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer).

一10 hours or more and less than 100 hours: 100,000 yen (150,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);

二100 hours or more and less than 200 hours: 200,000 yen (300,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);

三200 hours or more: 300,000 yen (500,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer).

一the employer hires a person who was a plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document, or a person who falls under requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, as a worker under a labor contract without a fixed term, during the period until the day on which three months have passed counting from the day following the day of separation from service of that plan-covered insured person or insured person covered by a job-seeking support document, or that person who falls under those requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau;

二the employer is one other than another employer that, judging from the status of stated capital, funds, personnel, transactions, etc., has a close relationship with the employer that had employed the person pertaining to the hiring under the preceding item;

三the employer is one other than an employer (excluding an employer that dismissed workers because it became impossible to continue business due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason, or for reasons attributable to the workers) that dismissed workers of the place of business pertaining to the hiring under item (i) during the period (referred to as the "reference period" in the following item) from the day six months before, counting from the day before the day of the hiring under item (i), until the day on which one year has passed from that day six months before;

四the employer is one found to be carrying out proper employment management, judging from the number of those who were employed at the place of business pertaining to the hiring under item (i) and separated from service in the reference period and for whom determination of recipient qualification was made as specific qualified recipients in that reference period, and other factors;

五the employer maintains documents that clarify the status of separation from service of workers of the place of business pertaining to the hiring under item (i) and the status of payment of wages to the persons pertaining to that hiring;

六the employer is one for which every ratio, obtained by dividing the amount of wages paid to the plan-covered insured person, etc. on each wage payment day of each month, in each month from the month following the month containing the first wage payment day pertaining to the plan-covered insured person, etc. pertaining to the hiring under item (i) to the month containing the day on which six months have passed counting from that first wage payment day, by the amount of wages that the employer that had employed that plan-covered insured person, etc. pertaining to that hiring before the hiring paid to that plan-covered insured person, etc. in a month determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, has achieved the target value determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau.

一the employer is one that falls under all of the following:

イthe employer has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a plan concerning efforts such as the improvement of employment management systems and the expansion of hiring for persons to be hired by mid-career hiring (meaning hiring other than of new graduates (meaning new graduates prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Security Act; the same applies in Article 112, paragraph (4) and Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c)) or persons equivalent thereto (referred to as "new graduates, etc." in (b), (1)); the same applies in (b)) (hereinafter referred to as a "mid-career hiring plan" in this item);

ロthe employer is one that falls under all of the following:

（１）based on the mid-career hiring plan, the employer applies to persons hired by mid-career hiring the same employment management systems (excluding recruitment and hiring) as those applied to new graduates, etc.;

（２）the employer is one that falls under any of the following:

（ｉ）the employer is one for which the ratio obtained by subtracting, from the ratio of persons hired by mid-career hiring (hereinafter referred to as "mid-career hires" in this sub-item (b)) (limited to persons who fall under requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau; the same applies hereinafter in this (i)) to persons hired, based on the mid-career hiring plan, as generally insured persons or elderly insured persons (limited to those hired under a labor contract without a fixed term, with prescribed weekly working hours that are the same as the prescribed weekly working hours of workers with a standard employment status employed at the same place of business; hereinafter referred to as "generally insured persons, etc." in this (2)) in the period covered by that mid-career hiring plan (hereinafter referred to as the "plan period" in this sub-item (b)), the ratio of mid-career hires to persons hired as generally insured persons, etc. in the period from the day one year before the day before the first day of that plan period to a day determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau according to the plan period, has achieved the target value determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau;

（ｉｉ）the employer is one for which the ratio of mid-career hires (limited to persons who fall under requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau) to persons hired as generally insured persons, etc. in the plan period has achieved the target value determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau;

（３）the employer is one for which, based on the mid-career hiring plan, every ratio obtained by dividing the amount of wages paid to the mid-career hire on each wage payment day of each month, in each month from the month following the month containing the first wage payment day pertaining to the mid-career hire under (2), (i) or (ii) (limited to persons who fall under requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau) hired in that plan period to the month containing the day on which six months have passed counting from that first wage payment day, by the amount of wages that the employer that had employed that mid-career hire before the hiring paid to that mid-career hire in a month determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, has achieved the target value determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau;

（４）the employer is one that publishes the ratio of the number of mid-career hires pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives;

ハthe employer is one other than an employer (excluding an employer that dismissed workers because it became impossible to continue business due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason, or for reasons attributable to the workers) that dismissed workers of the place of business pertaining to the hiring under (b), (2) during the period (referred to as the "reference period" in (d)) from the day six months before, counting from the day before the day on which the mid-career hiring plan was submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, until the date on which a written application for receipt of the incentive for the Mid-Career Hiring Expansion Course is submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau;

ニthe employer is one found to be carrying out proper employment management, judging from the number of those who were employed at the place of business pertaining to the hiring under (b), (2) and separated from service in the reference period and for whom determination of recipient qualification was made as specific qualified recipients in that reference period, and other factors;

ホthe employer maintains documents that clarify the status of implementation of the measures under (b), and documents that clarify the status of separation from service of workers of the place of business pertaining to the hiring under (b), (2) and the status of payment of wages to the persons pertaining to that hiring;

二200,000 yen for each person pertaining to the hiring (300,000 yen for each person pertaining to the hiring for an employer that satisfies the conditions determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau).