第五十九条（通所手当）
The commuting allowance is to be paid to a qualified recipient who falls under any of the following items.
通所手当は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する受給資格者に対して、支給するものとする。
a person who habitually uses means of transportation or toll roads (hereinafter in this Article and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as "means of transportation, etc.") and bears the fares or charges therefor (hereinafter in this Article and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as "fares, etc.") in order to commute from the qualified recipient's domicile or residence to a facility that conducts public vocational training, etc. (referred to as a "training facility, etc." in Article 86, item (ii) and Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "commuting") (excluding a person who falls under item (iii) and a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using means of transportation, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc.);
a person who habitually uses automobiles or other means of conveyance (hereinafter referred to as "automobiles, etc.") for commuting (excluding a person who falls under the following item and a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using automobiles, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using automobiles, etc.); and
a person who habitually uses means of transportation, etc. and bears the fares, etc. therefor, and also uses automobiles, etc., for commuting (excluding a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using means of transportation, etc. and without using automobiles, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc. or automobiles, etc.).
The monthly amount of the commuting allowance is the amount listed in each of the following items according to the following categories of qualified recipient; provided, however, that where that amount exceeds 42,500 yen, it is 42,500 yen.
通所手当の月額は、次の各号に掲げる受給資格者の区分に応じて、当該各号に掲げる額とする。ただし、その額が四万二千五百円を超えるときは、四万二千五百円とする。
a person who falls under item (i) of the preceding paragraph: an amount equivalent to the fares, etc. required for the person's commuting for one month, calculated as provided in the following paragraph and paragraph (4) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "amount equivalent to fares, etc.");
a person who falls under item (ii) of the preceding paragraph: 3,690 yen for a person for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is less than 10 kilometers one way, and 5,850 yen for any other person (8,010 yen for a person who resides in a region specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter in this Article and Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (b) of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as a "designated region") and for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is 15 kilometers or more one way);
前項第二号に該当する者 自動車等を使用する距離が片道十キロメートル未満である者にあつては三千六百九十円、その他の者にあつては五千八百五十円（厚生労働大臣の定める地域（以下この条及び附則第二条第二項第一号ロにおいて「指定地域」という。）に居住する者であつて、自動車等を使用する距離が片道十五キロメートル以上である者にあつては八千十円）
among persons who fall under item (iii) of the preceding paragraph (excluding a person who uses means of transportation, etc. only within a distance that is ordinarily covered on foot, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc.), a person for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is 2 kilometers or more one way and a person for whom that distance is less than 2 kilometers one way but for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using automobiles, etc.: the total amount of the amount listed in item (i) and the amount listed in the preceding item;
among persons who fall under item (iii) of the preceding paragraph (excluding a person listed in the preceding item), a person for whom the amount equivalent to fares, etc. is equal to or more than the amount listed in item (ii): the amount listed in item (i); and
among persons who fall under item (iii) of the preceding paragraph (excluding a person listed in item (iii)), a person for whom the amount equivalent to fares, etc. is less than the amount listed in item (ii): the amount listed in item (ii).
The amount equivalent to fares, etc. is to be calculated based on the amount of fares, etc. by the ordinary commuting route and method that is found to be the most economical and rational in light of circumstances such as fares, time and distance.
The amount equivalent to fares, etc. is the total of the amounts under the following items.
運賃等相当額は、次の各号による額の総額とする。
where the means of transportation, etc. issues commuter passes (including those equivalent thereto; the same applies in the following item), the price of a commuter pass valid for one month for the section in which the means of transportation, etc. is used (where commuter passes of different prices are issued, the price of the lowest-priced commuter pass); and
where the means of transportation, etc. does not issue commuter passes, the amount of fares, etc. for 21 instances of commuting for the section in which the means of transportation, etc. is used, being the lowest of such amounts.
The monthly amount of the commuting allowance for a month that contains a day listed in any of the following items is, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the amount obtained by deducting from the amount under that paragraph the amount obtained by multiplying it by the ratio that the number of those days bears to the actual number of days in that month.
a day that does not fall within the period of taking public vocational training, etc.;
公共職業訓練等を受ける期間に属さない日
a day other than a day that is subject to payment of the basic allowance (including a day on which the basic allowance is not to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act); and
基本手当の支給の対象となる日（法第十九条第一項の規定により基本手当が支給されないこととなる日を含む。）以外の日
a day on which the qualified recipient did not take public vocational training, etc. even though it is found that there was no natural disaster or other unavoidable reason.
The monthly amount of the commuting allowance in the case of taking public vocational training, etc. for which commuting is not habitual is, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding five paragraphs, the amount listed in each of the following items according to the following categories of qualified recipient; provided, however, that where that amount exceeds 42,500 yen, it is 42,500 yen.
a person who bears the fares, etc. by using means of transportation, etc. for commuting (excluding a person who falls under item (iii) and a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using means of transportation, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc.): the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of fares, etc. required for one day's commuting for the section in which the means of transportation, etc. is used by the number of days on which the person actually commuted;
a person who uses automobiles, etc. for commuting (excluding a person who falls under the following item and a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using automobiles, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using automobiles, etc.): the amount obtained by dividing 3,690 yen for a person for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is less than 10 kilometers one way, and 5,850 yen for any other person (8,010 yen for a person who resides in a designated region and for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is 15 kilometers or more one way), by the actual number of days in the month in which that commuting takes place, and multiplying the result by the number of days on which the person actually commuted;
a person who uses means of transportation, etc. and bears the fares, etc. therefor, and also uses automobiles, etc., for commuting (excluding a person whose commuting distance, if the person were to commute on foot without using means of transportation, etc. and without using automobiles, etc., would be less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc. or automobiles, etc.): the total amount of the amount listed in item (i) and the amount listed in the preceding item (for a person who uses means of transportation, etc. only within a distance that is ordinarily covered on foot, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using means of transportation, etc., or a person for whom the distance of using automobiles, etc. is less than 2 kilometers one way, other than a person for whom commuting is extremely difficult without using automobiles, etc., where the amount listed in item (i) is equal to or more than the amount listed in the preceding item, the amount listed in item (i), and where the amount listed in that item is less than the amount listed in the preceding item, the amount listed in the preceding item).
通所のため交通機関等を利用してその運賃等を負担し、かつ、自動車等を使用する者（交通機関等を利用し、又は自動車等を使用しなければ通所することが著しく困難である者以外の者であつて、交通機関等を利用せず、かつ、自動車等を利用しないで徒歩により通所するものとした場合の通所の距離が片道二キロメートル未満であるものを除く。） 第一号に掲げる額と前号に掲げる額との合計額（交通機関等を利用しなければ通所することが著しく困難である者以外の者であつて、通常徒歩によることが例である距離内においてのみ交通機関等を利用しているもの又は自動車等を使用しなければ通所することが著しく困難である者以外の者であつて、自動車等を使用する距離が片道二キロメートル未満であるものにあつては、第一号に掲げる額が前号に掲げる額以上である場合には第一号に掲げる額、同号に掲げる額が前号に掲げる額未満である場合には前号に掲げる額）
The amount of fares, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph is the amount of fares, etc. by the ordinary commuting route and method that is found to be the most economical and rational in light of circumstances such as fares, time and distance.
第六十条（寄宿手当）
The lodging allowance is to be paid, where a qualified recipient is lodging while living apart from a relative prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "relative") in order to take public vocational training, etc., for the period during which the recipient lodged while living apart from that relative.
The monthly amount of the lodging allowance is 10,700 yen; provided, however, that the monthly amount of the lodging allowance for a month that contains a day on which the qualified recipient is not lodging while living apart from a relative, or a day listed in the items of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, is the amount obtained by deducting the amount obtained by multiplying 10,700 yen by the ratio that the number of those days bears to the actual number of days in that month.
Article 61Procedures for Payment of Skill Acquisition Allowance and Lodging Allowance
第六十一条（技能習得手当及び寄宿手当の支給手続）
The skill acquisition allowance and the lodging allowance are to be paid to a qualified recipient, on the payment day or the day on which the injury and disease allowance is to be paid, for the portion up to the last day of the month preceding the month that contains that day.
A qualified recipient who intends to receive payment of the skill acquisition allowance and the lodging allowance must submit a certificate of attendance to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, accompanied by the qualified recipient's certificate (or, where that qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting an Individual Number Card).
The provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.
The provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2), Article 44, Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 46 and Article 54 apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of the skill acquisition allowance and the lodging allowance.
Subsection 3 Injury and Disease Allowance
第三款 傷病手当
The recognition under Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act must be received by the first payment day after the reason for which a person who falls under that paragraph is unable to take up the relevant occupation has ceased (for a qualified recipient paid by bank transfer, the day of recognition of unemployment immediately preceding the payment day) (where there is no payment day, the day on which one month has elapsed counting from the last day of the period under Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act (for a person who falls under Article 33, paragraph (3) of the Act, the period under that paragraph, and for a person who falls under Article 57, paragraph (1) of the Act, the period under that paragraph)); provided, however, that this does not apply where there is a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason for not having received the recognition.
A person who intends to receive the recognition under the preceding paragraph must submit a written application for injury and disease allowance (Form No. 22) to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, accompanied by the qualified recipient's certificate (or, where that qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting an Individual Number Card).
The provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the case under the proviso to paragraph (1), and the provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the case under the preceding paragraph.
Article 64Procedures for Payment of Injury and Disease Allowance
第六十四条（傷病手当の支給手続）
The injury and disease allowance may be paid, to a person who falls under Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act and for whom the period of being unable to take up the relevant occupation has continued to exceed one month, on a day determined by the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office during that period.
A person who intends to receive payment of the injury and disease allowance under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office to that effect.
The provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2), Article 29, Article 44, Article 45, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 46, Article 47, Article 49 and Article 54 apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of the injury and disease allowance.
qualified recipientmachine translation
「受給資格者」
A person who holds the recipient qualification (受給資格) of Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Employment Insurance Act — the qualification to receive the basic allowance (基本手当).
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (5), item (i)
competent Public Employment Security Officemachine translation
「管轄公共職業安定所」
The Public Employment Security Office with jurisdiction over the place where the person lives or stays, whose head handles that person's matters under Article 1, paragraph (5), item (i).
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (5), item (i)
qualified recipient's certificatemachine translation
「受給資格者証」
The employment insurance qualified recipient's certificate (Form No. 11) that the Public Employment Security Office (公共職業安定所) issues to a qualified recipient (受給資格者), filled in with the matters needed for paying them the basic allowance (基本手当).
Short name set inArticle 17-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
Individual Number Cardmachine translation
「個人番号カード」
An Individual Number Card as defined in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures: a card showing, among other things, the holder's name, address, date of birth, sex and Individual Number (個人番号), with a photograph unless the holder is below an age set by Ministerial Order, and with that information also recorded electronically.
Defined inArticle 19, paragraph (1)
notice of recipient qualificationmachine translation
「受給資格通知」
The employment insurance notice of recipient qualification, which a person who showed their Individual Number Card (個人番号カード) when submitting their separation slip (離職票) can ask for in place of the qualified recipient's certificate, giving their name, insured person number, sex, date of birth, reason for separation, daily basic allowance amount, prescribed duration of benefits, how their benefits are being handled and the other matters the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau (職業安定局長) sets.
Short name set inArticle 19, paragraph (3)
day of recognition of unemploymentmachine translation
「失業の認定日」
The day, set by the chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office (公共職業安定所) and made known to the person, on which they are to obtain the recognition that they are unemployed (失業の認定).
Short name set inArticle 19, paragraph (3)· applies only in this section
public vocational training, etc.machine translation
「公共職業訓練等」
Vocational training at public human resources development facilities (公共職業能力開発施設) set up by the national government, prefectures, municipalities or the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers (独立行政法人高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構), including training at the Polytechnic University (職業能力開発総合大学校); certain authorized vocational training (認定職業訓練); and other training or courses given under laws to help unemployed people adapt to work or learn the knowledge and skills a job needs, as a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Short name set inArticle 21, paragraph (1)
certificate of attendancemachine translation
「受講証明書」
In the Section of this Ordinance containing Article 27, the certificate of attendance at public vocational training, etc. (Form No. 15) that a qualified recipient taking public vocational training and the like (公共職業訓練等) submits to the chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office (公共職業安定所) to obtain the recognition of unemployment (失業の認定).
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
payment daymachine translation
「支給日」
In the Section of this Ordinance containing Article 29, the next day on which the basic allowance (基本手当) is to be paid.
Short name set inArticle 29, paragraph (2)· applies only in this section
qualified recipient paid by bank transfermachine translation
「口座振込受給資格者」
A qualified recipient (受給資格者) who receives the basic allowance (基本手当) by transfer into their own savings or deposit account at a bank or other financial institution of the kind Article 44, paragraph (1) describes.
Short name set inArticle 44, paragraph (2)
means of transportation, etc.machine translation
「交通機関等」
In Article 59 and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則), a means of transport, such as a train or bus, or a toll road.
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
training facility, etc.machine translation
「訓練等施設」
In Article 59, Article 86, item (ii) and Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則), a facility where public vocational training, etc. (公共職業訓練等) is given.
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 86, paragraph (1), item (ii); and Supplementary Provisions, Article 2
commutingmachine translation
「通所」
In Article 59, a qualified recipient's travel from their address or residence to the facility where public vocational training, etc. (公共職業訓練等) is given.
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article
fares, etc.machine translation
「運賃等」
In Article 59 and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則), the fares or tolls a person pays for public transport or toll roads (交通機関等).
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
automobiles, etc.machine translation
「自動車等」
A car or other means of transport that a person uses to travel to and from the place of training.
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1), item (ii)
amount equivalent to fares, etc.machine translation
「運賃等相当額」
In Article 59, the amount equal to a person's fares or tolls for one month of travel to the training facility, calculated under paragraphs (3) and (4).
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this article
designated regionmachine translation
「指定地域」
In Article 59 and Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (b) of the supplementary provisions (附則), an area the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare sets, where a person who drives 15 km or more each way to training is paid a higher commuting allowance (通所手当).
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (2), item (ii)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (b)
relativemachine translation
「親族」
A relative as Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Employment Insurance Act describes: one who lives with the qualified recipient (受給資格者) and is supported by them, including a partner in an unregistered marriage.
Short name set inArticle 60, paragraph (1)