Article 115Programs Specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 62, Paragraph (1), Item (vi) of the Act

一paying the grant for supporting work-family balance, etc. to employers or employers' organizations;

二paying the human resources securing, etc. support grant (limited to the grant for the Human Resources Securing, etc. Support Course) to employers or to certified associations, etc. prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Improvement of Employment Management in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Securing Manpower and Creating Quality Jobs (Act No. 57 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Manpower Securing Act") (hereinafter referred to as "certified associations, etc.");

三subsidizing a part of the expenses required for their operations, to those designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare among general incorporated associations or general incorporated foundations that conduct operations of providing necessary information, consultation and other assistance to employers that take measures to prevent unemployment of workers and otherwise secure employment stability;

四conducting surveys and research, and consultation, guidance and other assistance for employers and other persons, in order to promote employment development in regions;

五conducting surveys and research, and consultation, guidance and other assistance for employers and other persons, in order to promote the spread of the system of caregiver leave (meaning caregiver leave prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act and leave pertaining to measures to be taken in accordance with the system of that caregiver leave pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (3) of the Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act; the same applies hereinafter);

六providing information, consultation and other assistance to certified small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., in order to secure manpower and create quality jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises;

七subsidizing all or part of the expenses required for measures based on Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act (Act No. 160 of 1959) and Article 45, paragraph (1) of that Act, to the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid, Independent Administrative Agency;

八establishing and operating vocational centers for persons with disabilities (meaning the vocational centers for persons with disabilities prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act) and conducting other programs necessary for securing employment stability of persons with disabilities;

九making loans of the necessary funds provided for in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Workers' Property Accumulation Promotion Act (Act No. 92 of 1971);

十conducting programs necessary for securing continued employment, promoting re-employment and otherwise securing employment stability of insured persons, etc. (meaning the insured persons, etc. prescribed in Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies in this Article and Article 138, item (x)) who took leave from work or retired on the grounds of pregnancy, childbirth or child-rearing;

十一providing the assistance necessary for securing employment stability of insured persons, etc. to the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, Independent Administrative Agency, in respect of operations such as comprehensive surveys and research on labor conditions at home and abroad and on labor policy, which that Institute conducts pursuant to Article 12 of the Act on the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 169 of 2002);

十二in addition to the programs listed in the preceding items, conducting programs necessary for rectifying the unstable employment status of young persons and others, promoting re-employment of qualified recipients and others, promoting the securing of equal opportunities and treatment between men and women in the field of employment, promoting the resolution of individual labor-related disputes (meaning the individual labor-related disputes prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001)) and otherwise securing employment stability of insured persons, etc.;

十三paying the career advancement grant to employers;

十四to a juridical person designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Port Labor Act (Act No. 40 of 1988), subsidizing all or part of the expenses required for the operations listed in the items of Article 30 of that Act;

十五paying to employers, or to employers' associations or federations thereof, pursuant to Article 9, items (i) and (iii) of the Construction Work Act, the grant for the Construction Career Advancement System, etc. Utilization Promotion Course, the grant for the Workplace Creation Project Course Attractive to Young Persons and Women in the Construction Field, and the grant for the Construction Field Workers' Dormitory, etc. Installation Assistance Course (limited, among the human resources securing, etc. support grants, to those pertaining to the assistance necessary for improving the employment of construction workers, promoting their re-employment and otherwise securing their employment stability, and the assistance necessary for facilitating the finding of employment and dispatched work of construction work laborers; the same applies in Article 118, paragraphs (1) and (4));

十六subsidizing a part of the expenses required for guarantees, to a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation that provides guarantees for loans of funds for securing employment stability of persons who have separated from service and lost their housing, etc.;

十七subsidizing a part of the expenses required for guarantees, to a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation that provides guarantees for loans of funds to make it easier for persons undergoing specialized practical educational training to take that specialized practical educational training;

十八conducting programs incidental to the programs listed in the items of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Act and in the preceding items.