Article 118-2Career Advancement Grant
第百十八条の二（キャリアアップ助成金）
The career advancement grant consists of the grant for the Regular Employee Conversion Course, the grant for the Wage Regulations, etc. Revision Course, the grant for the Wage Regulations, etc. Commonization Course, the grant for the Bonus and Retirement Allowance System Introduction Course, the grant for the Part-Time Worker Working Hours Extension Course, and the grant for the Regular Employee Conversion of Persons with Disabilities Course.
キャリアアップ助成金は、正社員化コース助成金、賃金規定等改定コース助成金、賃金規定等共通化コース助成金、賞与・退職金制度導入コース助成金、短時間労働者労働時間延長コース助成金及び障害者正社員化コース助成金とする。
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement (meaning that, through opportunities for the development of vocational ability such as work experience or vocational training, etc., vocational ability is improved and treatment, including future position in duties and wages, is thereby improved; the same applies hereinafter) of fixed-term contract workers or workers who conclude labor contracts with no fixed term (excluding workers with a standard employment status (excluding dispatched workers; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, Article 125 and Article 34 of the Supplementary Provisions), regular employees with a limited work location (meaning workers who have concluded labor contracts with no fixed term, whose work location is limited compared with that of workers with a standard employment status employed at the same place of business, and who receive treatment equivalent to that of workers with a standard employment status, excluding dispatched workers; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 125), job-limited regular employees (meaning workers who have concluded labor contracts with no fixed term, whose duties are limited compared with those of workers with a standard employment status employed at the same place of business, and who receive treatment equivalent to that of workers with a standard employment status, excluding dispatched workers; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 125) and short-time regular employees (meaning workers who have concluded labor contracts with no fixed term, whose prescribed weekly working hours are shorter than the prescribed weekly working hours of workers with a standard employment status employed at the same place of business, and who receive treatment equivalent to that of workers with a standard employment status, excluding dispatched workers; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 125); hereinafter referred to as "no-fixed-term contract workers" in this Article and Article 125) (hereinafter referred to as "fixed-term contract workers, etc."), and that falls under all of the following:
有期契約労働者又は期間の定めのない労働契約を締結する労働者（通常の労働者（派遣労働者を除く。以下この条、第百二十五条及び附則第三十四条において同じ。）、勤務地限定正社員（期間の定めのない労働契約を締結している労働者であつて、勤務地が同一の事業所に雇用される通常の労働者の勤務地に比し限定され、かつ、通常の労働者と同等の待遇を受けるものをいい、派遣労働者を除く。以下この条及び第百二十五条において同じ。）、職務限定正社員（期間の定めのない労働契約を締結している労働者であつて、職務が同一の事業所に雇用される通常の労働者の職務に比し限定され、かつ、通常の労働者と同等の待遇を受けるものをいい、派遣労働者を除く。以下この条及び第百二十五条において同じ。）及び短時間正社員（期間の定めのない労働契約を締結している労働者であつて、一週間の所定労働時間が同一の事業所に雇用される通常の労働者の一週間の所定労働時間に比し短く、かつ、通常の労働者と同等の待遇を受けるものをいい、派遣労働者を除く。以下この条及び第百二十五条において同じ。）を除く。以下この条及び第百二十五条において「無期契約労働者」という。）（以下「有期契約労働者等」という。）について、そのキャリアアップ（職務経験又は職業訓練等の職業能力の開発の機会を通じ、職業能力の向上並びにこれによる将来の職務上の地位及び賃金をはじめとする処遇の改善が図られることをいう。以下同じ。）を図るための措置を講ずる事業主であつて、次のいずれにも該当するもの。
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan (meaning a plan stating the measures to be taken by the employer for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc.; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that has taken any of the following measures, based on a system established as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment or other equivalent instruments:
労働協約又は就業規則その他これに準ずるものに定めるところにより設けられた制度に基づき、次のいずれかに該当する措置を講じた事業主
the conversion of a fixed-term contract worker it employs (limited to a person whose total period of employment by that employer is less than three years, and who does not fall under at least one of (2) and (3) of Article 110, paragraph (9), item (i), (a), or who falls under neither (2) nor (3) of (a) of that item) (for a new graduate, excluding one for whom the period determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau has not elapsed counting from the day on which that graduate was hired by that employer after graduation; the same applies in (2) through (4)) to a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the conversion is increased, compared with the wage before the conversion, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the conversion of a fixed-term contract worker it employs (limited to a person whose total period of employment by that employer is less than three years, and who falls under both (2) and (3) of Article 110, paragraph (9), item (i), (a)) to a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the conversion is increased, compared with the wage before the conversion, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the conversion of a fixed-term contract worker it employs (limited to a person whose total period of employment by that employer is three years or more and five years or less) to a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the conversion is increased, compared with the wage before the conversion, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the conversion of a fixed-term contract worker it employs (limited to a person whose total period of employment by that employer exceeds five years) to a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the conversion is increased, compared with the wage before the conversion, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the conversion of a no-fixed-term contract worker it employs (for a new graduate, excluding one for whom the period determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau has not elapsed counting from the day on which that graduate was hired by that employer after graduation) to a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the conversion is increased, compared with the wage before the conversion, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the hiring of a dispatched worker working under its directions and orders (limited to a person who has concluded a labor contract with a fixed term with a staffing provider and whose total period of employment by that staffing provider is five years or less) as a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the hiring is increased, compared with the wage before the hiring, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the hiring of a dispatched worker working under its directions and orders (limited to a person who has concluded a labor contract with a fixed term with a staffing provider and whose total period of employment by that staffing provider exceeds five years) as a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the hiring is increased, compared with the wage before the hiring, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
the hiring of a dispatched worker working under its directions and orders (limited to a person who has concluded a labor contract with no fixed term with a staffing provider) as a worker with a standard employment status, a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee (limited to the case where the wage of that worker after the hiring is increased, compared with the wage before the hiring, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau);
an employer other than an employer that dismissed workers of the place of business pertaining to that measure during the period from the day six months before the day preceding the day on which the measure under (c) was implemented, until the day on which one year has passed from that day six months before (referred to as the "reference period" in (e)) (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; the same applies in paragraph (11), item (i), (d));
an employer that is found to be conducting appropriate employment management, judging from the number, etc. of those, among persons who had been employed at the place of business pertaining to the measure under (c) and separated from service during the reference period, for whom determination of recipient qualification as specific qualified recipients was made during that reference period;
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of separation from service of workers at the place of business pertaining to the measure under (c) and the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る事業所の労働者の離職状況及びハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of employers set out in (a) through (d) below (where, for one place of business, the number of workers who are subject to that measure in one fiscal year exceeds 20, payment is limited to 20 workers per place of business).
次のイからニまでに掲げる事業主の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該規定に定める額（一の事業所につき、一の年度における当該措置の対象となる労働者の数が二十人を超える場合は、当該事業所につき二十人までの支給に限る。）
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (1) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (2), (3) or (6) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 600,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (4) or (5) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 200,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (7) or (8) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen).
In the case where a person who has been converted or hired by the measure under item (i), (c) of the preceding paragraph is a single mother, etc. or a single father, with regard to the application of item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen)" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per worker who is a single mother, etc. or a single father (hereinafter in this (a) and (c) referred to as a 'worker who is a single mother, etc.'), 600,000 yen; per other worker, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per worker who is a single mother, etc., 800,000 yen; per other worker, 400,000 yen)", and the phrase "per eligible person, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 200,000 yen)" in (c) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per worker who is a single mother, etc., 300,000 yen; per other worker, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per worker who is a single mother, etc., 400,000 yen; per other worker, 200,000 yen)".
前項第一号ハの措置により転換し、又は雇い入れられた者が母子家庭の母等又は父子家庭の父に該当する場合における同項第二号の規定の適用については、同号イ中「対象者一人につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等又は父子家庭の父である労働者（以下このイ及びハにおいて「母子家庭の母等である労働者」という。）一人につき六十万円、その他の労働者一人につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である労働者一人につき八十万円、その他の労働者一人につき四十万円）」と、同号ハ中「対象者一人につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、二十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等である労働者一人につき三十万円、その他の労働者一人につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である労働者一人につき四十万円、その他の労働者一人につき二十万円）」とする。
Where the measure under paragraph (2), item (i), (c) (limited to conversion to a worker with a standard employment status or hiring as a worker with a standard employment status) is carried out by developing, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment or other equivalent instruments, a system for implementing the conversion of fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs to workers with a standard employment status, or the hiring, as workers with a standard employment status, of dispatched workers working under its directions and orders, with regard to the application of item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen)" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per eligible person who is a single mother, etc. or a single father (hereinafter in this (a) and (c) referred to as an 'eligible person who is a single mother, etc.'), 600,000 yen; per other eligible person, 300,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 800,000 yen; per other eligible person, 400,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 200,000 yen)", the phrase "yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen)" in (b) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 150,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen per eligible person and 200,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)", the phrase "per eligible person, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 200,000 yen)" in (c) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 300,000 yen; per other eligible person, 150,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 400,000 yen; per other eligible person, 200,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 200,000 yen)", and the phrase "yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen)" in (d) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 150,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen per eligible person and 200,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)".
第二項第一号ハの措置（通常の労働者への転換又は通常の労働者としての雇入れに限る。）が、労働協約又は就業規則その他これに準ずるものに定めるところにより、その雇用する有期契約労働者等の通常の労働者への転換又はその指揮命令の下に労働させる派遣労働者の通常の労働者としての雇入れを実施するための制度を整備することによつて行われた場合における同項第二号の規定の適用については、同号イ中「対象者一人につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等又は父子家庭の父である対象者（以下このイ及びハにおいて「母子家庭の母等である対象者」という。）一人につき六十万円、その他の対象者一人につき三十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき八十万円、その他の対象者一人につき四十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき二十万円）」と、同号ロ中「円（中小企業事業主にあつては、八十万円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、対象者一人につき八十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき二十万円）」と、同号ハ中「対象者一人につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、二十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき三十万円、その他の対象者一人につき十五万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき四十万円、その他の対象者一人につき二十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき二十万円）」と、同号ニ中「円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、対象者一人につき四十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき二十万円）」とする。
Where the measure under paragraph (2), item (i), (c) (limited to conversion to a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee, or hiring as a regular employee with a limited work location, a job-limited regular employee or a short-time regular employee) is carried out by developing, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment or other equivalent instruments, a system for implementing the conversion of fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs to regular employees with a limited work location, job-limited regular employees or short-time regular employees, or the hiring, as regular employees with a limited work location, job-limited regular employees or short-time regular employees, of dispatched workers working under its directions and orders, with regard to the application of item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "per eligible person, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen)" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per eligible person who is a single mother, etc. or a single father (hereinafter in this (a) and (c) referred to as an 'eligible person who is a single mother, etc.'), 600,000 yen; per other eligible person, 300,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 800,000 yen; per other eligible person, 400,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 400,000 yen)", the phrase "yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen)" in (b) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 300,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 800,000 yen per eligible person and 400,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)", the phrase "per eligible person, 150,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 200,000 yen)" in (c) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 300,000 yen; per other eligible person, 150,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, per eligible person who is a single mother, etc., 400,000 yen; per other eligible person, 200,000 yen; and per place of business at which that measure was implemented, 400,000 yen)", and the phrase "yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen)" in (d) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "yen and 300,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen per eligible person and 400,000 yen per place of business at which that measure was implemented)".
第二項第一号ハの措置（勤務地限定正社員、職務限定正社員若しくは短時間正社員への転換又は勤務地限定正社員、職務限定正社員若しくは短時間正社員としての雇入れに限る。）が、労働協約又は就業規則その他これに準ずるものに定めるところにより、その雇用する有期契約労働者等の勤務地限定正社員、職務限定正社員若しくは短時間正社員への転換又はその指揮命令の下に労働させる派遣労働者の勤務地限定正社員、職務限定正社員若しくは短時間正社員としての雇入れを実施するための制度を整備することによつて行われた場合における同項第二号の規定の適用については、同号イ中「対象者一人につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等又は父子家庭の父である対象者（以下このイ及びハにおいて「母子家庭の母等である対象者」という。）一人につき六十万円、その他の対象者一人につき三十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき八十万円、その他の対象者一人につき四十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき四十万円）」と、同号ロ中「円（中小企業事業主にあつては、八十万円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、対象者一人につき八十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき四十万円）」と、同号ハ中「対象者一人につき十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、二十万円）」とあるのは「母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき三十万円、その他の対象者一人につき十五万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、母子家庭の母等である対象者一人につき四十万円、その他の対象者一人につき二十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき四十万円）」と、同号ニ中「円（中小企業事業主にあつては、四十万円）」とあるのは「円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき三十万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、対象者一人につき四十万円及び当該措置が実施された一の事業所につき四十万円）」とする。
Where an employer that has taken the measure under paragraph (2), item (i), (c) has received the grant for the Regular Employee Conversion Course by falling under that item, and has published the matters set out in each of the following items on a website that it manages itself or on the website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 150,000 yen per place of business (200,000 yen in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) is to be paid to that employer, in addition to the amount specified in paragraph (2), item (ii), (a) through (d) (including the case where it is read and applied pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs); provided, however, that this does not apply to an employer that has already received payment under the provisions of this paragraph.
the outline of a system for implementing the conversion of fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs to workers with a standard employment status, regular employees with a limited work location, job-limited regular employees or short-time regular employees (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "workers with a standard employment status, etc."), or their hiring as workers with a standard employment status, etc.;
the number of fixed-term contract workers, etc. who, at that employer's place of business in the most recent three business years, were converted to workers with a standard employment status, etc. or hired as workers with a standard employment status, etc.;
the average period and the shortest period required, at that employer's place of business in the most recent three business years, for the conversion of fixed-term contract workers, etc. to workers with a standard employment status, etc. or for their hiring as workers with a standard employment status, etc.
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that has taken, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment, a measure to increase wages, at or above the rate determined by the Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau, for all of the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs or a reasonably delimited category of them;
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of cases set out in (a) through (d) below (where, for one place of business, the number of workers who are subject to the measure under (c) of the preceding item in one fiscal year exceeds 100, payment is limited to 100 workers per place of business).
次のイからニまでに掲げる場合の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該規定に定める額（一の事業所につき、一の年度における前号ハの措置の対象となる労働者の数が百人を超える場合は、当該事業所につき百人までの支給に限る。）
where, in implementing the measure prescribed in (c) of the preceding item, those wages are increased by 3 percent or more but less than 4 percent: per eligible person, 26,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 40,000 yen);
where, in implementing the measure prescribed in (c) of the preceding item, those wages are increased by 4 percent or more but less than 5 percent: per eligible person, 33,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 50,000 yen);
where, in implementing the measure prescribed in (c) of the preceding item, those wages are increased by 5 percent or more but less than 6 percent: per eligible person, 43,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 65,000 yen);
where, in implementing the measure prescribed in (c) of the preceding item, those wages are increased by 6 percent or more: per eligible person, 46,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 70,000 yen).
Where an employer that falls under item (i) of the preceding paragraph has carried out the measure prescribed in (c) of that item using a method for relatively comparing duties, 150,000 yen per place of business (200,000 yen in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) is to be paid to that employer, in addition to the amount specified in item (ii), (a) through (d) of that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to an employer that has already received payment under the provisions of this paragraph.
Where an employer that falls under paragraph (6), item (i) has, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment, taken a measure to develop a pay raise system for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. pertaining to the measure under (c) of that item, 150,000 yen per place of business (200,000 yen in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) is to be paid to that employer, in addition to the amount specified in item (ii), (a) through (d) of that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to an employer that has already received payment under the provisions of this paragraph.
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that has, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment, taken a measure to develop, for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs, a system for determining wages according to their duties, etc. that is common with that for workers with a standard employment status, and has paid wages to fixed-term contract workers, etc. based on that system;
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
per place of business, 450,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 600,000 yen).
一の事業所につき四十五万円（中小企業事業主にあつては、六十万円）
The grant for the Bonus and Retirement Allowance System Introduction Course is to be paid, to an employer that falls under item (i), in the amount specified in item (ii); provided, however, that this does not apply to an employer that has already received payment under the provisions of this paragraph.
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that has, as provided in collective agreements or rules of employment, taken a measure to develop a bonus or retirement allowance system, or both, for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs, and has taken, based on that system, a measure of paying bonuses or accumulating retirement allowances, or both, for fixed-term contract workers, etc.;
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of employers set out in (a) or (b) below.
次のイ又はロに掲げる事業主の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該規定に定める額
an employer that has taken the measure under (c) of the preceding item (pertaining to either a bonus or a retirement allowance system): per place of business, 300,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 400,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under (c) of the preceding item (pertaining to both a bonus and a retirement allowance system): per place of business, 426,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 568,000 yen).
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that has taken a measure to extend by three hours or more the prescribed weekly working hours of the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs (limited to those who are not insured persons of health insurance under the Health Insurance Act or insured persons of employees' pension insurance under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) (hereinafter in this (c) referred to as "insured persons")) (such an employer being limited to one whose measure makes those fixed-term contract workers, etc. insured persons);
その雇用する有期契約労働者等（健康保険法による健康保険の被保険者又は厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）による厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下このハにおいて「被保険者」という。）でないものに限る。）に対し、一週間の所定労働時間を三時間以上延長する措置を講じた事業主（当該措置により当該有期契約労働者等が被保険者となる場合に限る。）
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
per eligible person, 75,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 100,000 yen) (where, for one place of business, the number of workers who are subject to that measure in one fiscal year exceeds 10, payment is limited to 10 workers per place of business).
対象者一人につき七万五千円（中小企業事業主にあつては、十万円）（一の事業所につき、一の年度における当該措置の対象となる労働者の数が十人を超える場合は、当該事業所につき十人までの支給に限る。）
an employer that takes measures for the retention in the workplace of persons with a disability it employs (limited to, among persons with a disability prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act, persons with a physical disability, persons with an intellectual disability or persons with a mental disability, or persons with a developmental disability, persons with higher brain dysfunction prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Support for Persons with Higher Brain Dysfunction (Act No. 96 of 2025), or persons with an intractable disease (excluding persons with a physical disability, persons with an intellectual disability or persons with a mental disability); the same applies hereinafter in this item), and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
the conversion of persons with a disability it employs (limited to fixed-term contract workers; the same applies in (2)) to workers with a standard employment status, regular employees with a limited work location, job-limited regular employees or short-time regular employees;
the conversion of persons with a disability it employs to no-fixed-term contract workers (limited to where the prescribed weekly working hours of the worker after the conversion are 20 hours or more);
その雇用する障害者の無期契約労働者への転換（当該労働者に係る転換後の一週間の所定労働時間が二十時間以上であるものに限る。）
the conversion of persons with a disability it employs (limited to no-fixed-term contract workers) to workers with a standard employment status, regular employees with a limited work location, job-limited regular employees or short-time regular employees;
an employer other than an employer that, during the period from the day six months before the day preceding the day on which the measure under (c) was implemented, until the day on which one year has passed from that day six months before (referred to as the "reference period" in (e)), has dismissed workers at the place of business pertaining to that measure;
ハの措置を実施した日の前日から起算して六箇月前の日から一年を経過した日までの間（ホにおいて「基準期間」という。）において、当該措置に係る事業所の労働者を解雇した事業主以外の事業主
an employer that is found to be carrying out appropriate employment management, judging from the number, etc. of persons who were employed at the place of business pertaining to the measure under (c) and separated from service during the reference period, for whom a determination of recipient qualification was made as a specific qualified recipient during that reference period;
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of separation from service of workers at the place of business pertaining to the measure under (c) and the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to that measure;
ハの措置に係る事業所の労働者の離職状況及び当該措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of employers set out in (a) and (b) below (where it falls short of the standard determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, the amount calculated by the method determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau).
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (1) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 675,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 900,000 yen);
an employer that has taken the measure under (c), (2) or (3) of the preceding item: per eligible person, 330,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 450,000 yen).
Where the measure under item (i), (c) of the preceding paragraph is taken for the following persons, in the application of item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "675,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 900,000 yen)" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "900,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 1,200,000 yen)", and the phrase "330,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 450,000 yen)" in (b) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "450,000 yen (in the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, 600,000 yen)":
recipient qualificationmachine translation
「受給資格」
The recipient qualification of Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Employment Insurance Act: the qualification to receive the basic allowance (基本手当) under Article 13, paragraph (1) of that Act, which turns on how long a person who has become unemployed was insured before separating from service.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (5), item (i)
Director-General of the Employment Security Bureaumachine translation
「職業安定局長」
The Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau (職業安定局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (5), item (iv)
employermachine translation
「事業主」
In this Ordinance other than Article 130, the employer of a covered undertaking (適用事業).
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Article 130
specific qualified recipientmachine translation
「特定受給資格者」
A specific qualified recipient as Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Employment Insurance Act defines it: a qualified recipient (受給資格者) whose separation from service came with the insolvency of the employer or the scaling down or closing of its business, or who was dismissed or left for another reason a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
Short name set inArticle 14-4, paragraph (1)
person with a physical disabilitymachine translation
「身体障害者」
A person with a physical disability (身体障害者) as Article 2, item (ii) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities defines it: a person with a disability (障害者) who has a physical disability listed in the Appended Table of that Act.
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (1), item (i)
Disability Employment Promotion Actmachine translation
「障害者雇用促進法」
Short name for the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960).
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (1), item (i)
person with an intellectual disabilitymachine translation
「知的障害者」
A person with an intellectual disability (知的障害者) as Article 2, item (iv) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities defines it: a person with a disability (障害者) who has an intellectual disability and falls within the persons a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (1), item (ii)
person with a mental disabilitymachine translation
「精神障害者」
A person with a mental disability (精神障害者) as Article 2, item (vi) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities defines it: a person with a disability (障害者) who has a mental disability (精神障害), including a developmental disability (発達障害), and falls within the persons a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (1), item (iii)
person with a developmental disabilitymachine translation
「発達障害者」
A person with a developmental disability (発達障害者) as Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Support for Persons with Developmental Disabilities defines it: a person who has a developmental disability and whose daily or social life is restricted by that disability and by social barriers.
Short name set inArticle 38-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)
labor union, etc.machine translation
「労働組合等」
The labor union organized by a majority of the workers at the workplace, or, where there is none, the person who represents a majority of them.
Short name set inArticle 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (4)
small and medium-sized enterprise employermachine translation
「中小企業事業主」
An employer whose capital or total contributions do not exceed 300 million yen (50 million yen where its main business is retail or services, 100 million yen where it is wholesale), or whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 (50 where its main business is retail, 100 where it is wholesale or services).
Defined inArticle 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (5)
vocational training, etc.machine translation
「職業訓練等」
Everywhere in this Order but Article 138, vocational training or educational training (教育訓練).
Defined inArticle 102-5, paragraph (2), item (iii), (c), (2)· applies from here on, except in Article 138
new graduatemachine translation
「新規学卒者」
In Article 102-5, paragraph (8), Article 112, paragraph (4) and Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), a new graduate as defined in Article 35, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Security Act (職業安定法施行規則).
Defined inArticle 102-5, paragraph (8), item (i), (a)· applies only in this provision and in Article 112, paragraph (4); and Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c)
single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等」
A woman without a spouse, as defined in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Welfare of Mothers and Fathers with Dependents and Widows, who supports a child under 20, a child with a disability listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二), or a spouse (including a partner in a marriage not registered but lived as one) who has long been unable to work because of a mental or physical disability.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (5)
single fathermachine translation
「父子家庭の父」
The father of a child, as defined in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act, who receives the child rearing allowance (児童扶養手当) under that paragraph.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (6)
person with a severe physical disabilitymachine translation
「重度身体障害者」
A person with a severe physical disability (重度身体障害者) as Article 2, item (iii) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities defines it: a person with a physical disability (身体障害者) whose disability is severe and who falls within the persons a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (6), item (i)
person with a severe intellectual disabilitymachine translation
「重度知的障害者」
A person with a severe intellectual disability (重度知的障害者) as Article 2, item (v) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities defines it: a person with an intellectual disability (知的障害者) whose disability is severe and who falls within the persons a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
Short name set inArticle 110, paragraph (6), item (ii)
fixed-term contract workermachine translation
「有期契約労働者」
A worker employed under an employment contract with a fixed term.
Short name set inArticle 112, paragraph (2), item (ii), (c)
dispatched workermachine translation
「派遣労働者」
A dispatched worker as defined in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers: a worker employed by an employer who is the subject of worker dispatch (労働者派遣).
Defined inArticle 112, paragraph (2), item (ii), (c)
Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureaumachine translation
「雇用環境・均等局長」
The Director-General of the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau (雇用環境・均等局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Short name set inArticle 116, paragraph (6), item (i), (b)
staffing providermachine translation
「派遣元事業主」
A staffing provider as defined in Article 2, item (iv) of the Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers: a person that carries on worker dispatching services (労働者派遣事業) under the license of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Defined inArticle 116, paragraph (6), item (i), (c), (1)
career advancementmachine translation
「キャリアアップ」
The improvement of a worker's vocational abilities through work experience or chances to develop them, such as vocational training, and with it better treatment at work, including their future position and their wages.
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
regular employee with a limited work locationmachine translation
「勤務地限定正社員」
In Articles 118-2 and 125, a worker employed with no fixed term whose place of work is more limited than that of a regular worker at the same workplace, and who is treated the same as a regular worker, other than a dispatched worker (派遣労働者).
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Article 125
fixed-term contract workers, etc.machine translation
「有期契約労働者等」
A fixed-term contract worker (有期契約労働者), or a worker employed with no fixed term (無期契約労働者) who is not a regular worker, a regular employee with a limited work location, a regular employee with limited duties or a short-time regular employee.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
no-fixed-term contract workermachine translation
「無期契約労働者」
In Articles 118-2 and 125, a worker employed with no fixed term who is not a regular worker, a regular employee with a limited work location (勤務地限定正社員), a regular employee with limited duties (職務限定正社員) or a short-time regular employee (短時間正社員).
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Article 125
short-time regular employeemachine translation
「短時間正社員」
In Articles 118-2 and 125, a worker on a contract without a fixed term whose prescribed weekly working hours are shorter than those of the regular workers (通常の労働者) at the same business establishment and who is treated on a par with them, other than a dispatched worker (派遣労働者).
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Article 125
job-limited regular employeemachine translation
「職務限定正社員」
In Articles 118-2 and 125, a worker on a contract without a fixed term whose duties are more limited than those of the regular workers (通常の労働者) at the same business establishment and who is treated on a par with them, other than a dispatched worker (派遣労働者).
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Article 125
career advancement planmachine translation
「キャリアアップ計画」
In Article 118-2, a plan setting out the measures and other steps an employer will take for the career advancement (キャリアアップ) of its fixed-term contract workers and others (有期契約労働者等).
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (b)· applies only in this article
reference periodmachine translation
「基準期間」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), the period from the day six months before the day before the measure in (c) was taken to one year after that day, in which the employer must not have dismissed any worker at the workplace concerned (other than for a natural disaster or other unavoidable cause that made it impossible to carry on the business, or for a reason the worker was to blame for).
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (d)· applies only in this provision and in Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i), (e)
worker who is a single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等である労働者」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) as read under paragraph (3) of that Article, a worker converted or hired under the measure in item (i), (c) of paragraph (2) who is a single mother or the like (母子家庭の母等) or a single father (父子家庭の父).
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (3)
eligible person who is a single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等である対象者」
A person covered by the measure who is a single mother or the like (母子家庭の母等) or a single father (父子家庭の父), for whom the employer is paid a higher amount.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (4)
eligible person who is a single mother, etc.machine translation
「母子家庭の母等である対象者」
A person covered by the measure who is a single mother or the like (母子家庭の母等) or a single father (父子家庭の父), for whom the employer is paid a higher amount.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (5)
workers with a standard employment status, etc.machine translation
「通常の労働者等」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (6), a worker with a standard employment status (通常の労働者), a location-limited regular employee (勤務地限定正社員), a job-limited regular employee (職務限定正社員) or a short-time regular employee (短時間正社員).
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (6), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph
insured personmachine translation
「被保険者」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (12), item (i)(c), an insured person of health insurance under the Health Insurance Act or of employees' pension insurance under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (12), item (i), (c)
reference periodmachine translation
「基準期間」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (13), item (i), the period from the day six months before the day before the measure in (c) was taken to one year after that day, in which the employer must not have dismissed any worker at the workplace concerned.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (13), item (i), (d)· applies only in this provision and in Article 118-2, paragraph (13), item (i), (e)
director of a prefectural labor bureau
都道府県労働局長
The head of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, so part of the national government rather than of the prefecture (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 17; National Government Organization Act, Article 9). The post is filled by a labor standards inspector (労働基準監督官) (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (2)). Under the Labor Standards Act, the director, directed and supervised by the head of the Ministry's Labor Standards Management Bureau (労働基準主管局長), directs and supervises the directors of the labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署長) in the bureau's area, handles the carrying out of that Act, such as coordinating how inspection is done, and directs and supervises the bureau's staff; the director may also exercise the powers of the authorities below (下級官庁) directly, or have the bureau's labor standards inspectors exercise them (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (1), and Article 99, paragraphs (2) and (4)). The heads of public employment security offices (公共職業安定所長) run their offices under the director's direction and supervision (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 17, National Government Organization Act, Art. 9, Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 99 and Employment Security Act, Art. 8 as a reference.