①An association that has staffing providers as its direct or indirect members (such an association is referred to as an "association of staffing providers" in the following paragraph, and a direct or indirect member of such an association is referred to below as a "member" in this paragraph) must endeavor to give its members the necessary advice, cooperation, and other such assistance, in order to ensure the proper operation of worker dispatching services and to ensure the protection of dispatched workers.

②The national government is to endeavor to give associations of staffing providers the necessary advice and cooperation to ensure the proper operation of worker dispatching services by staffing providers and ensure the protection of dispatched workers.

The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to publish guidelines that concern the measures that staffing providers and clients must take pursuant to the provisions of Article 24-3 and Chapter III, Sections 1 through 3, and that are needed in order to help them implement those measures properly and effectively.

①If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to do so in connection with the entry into force of this Act (except for the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4; the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1), Article 50, and Article 51, paragraph (1)), the Minister may provide entities providing worker dispatching and persons using worker dispatching services with the necessary guidance and advice to ensure the proper operation of worker dispatching services or to ensure proper assigned work.

②In order to help with the proper coordination of labor supply and demand, if a staffing provider is engaging in worker dispatching services with the objective of providing worker dispatching solely to specified persons (except in cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i)) and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary, the Minister may recommend the staffing provider to change the objective and contents of its worker dispatching services.

③If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives guidance or advice under the provisions of paragraph (1) to a staffing provider that has violated the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3), Article 23-2, or Article 30, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article following a deemed replacement of terms, but the provider continues to violate those provisions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may instruct the provider to take the necessary measures.

①If a staffing provider violates the provisions of this Act (excluding the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3), Article 23-2, and Article 30, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article following replacement of terms) or other Acts relating to labor (including the provisions of orders based on these provisions) in connection with its worker dispatching services, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary for ensuring propriety in the assigned work, the Minister may order the provider to improve the method of employment management for dispatched workers and otherwise to take necessary measures to improve the operation of its worker dispatching services.

②If a client violates the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3), and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it materially inappropriate to permit assigned work that is in violation of the provisions of that paragraph to continue, the Minister may order the staffing provider that provides worker dispatching to that client to suspend worker dispatching under the staffing contract for that assigned work.

①If a person using worker dispatch services violates the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3), Article 24-2, Article 26, paragraph (7) or (10), Article 40, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 40-2, paragraphs (1), (4), or (5), Article 40-3, or Article 40-9, paragraph (1), or, despite having already received guidance or advice under the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) for the person's violation of the above-mentioned provisions, is found likely to continue to violate those provisions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may recommend that the person using those services take the necessary measures to correct the assigned work violating the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3), Article 24-2, Article 26, paragraph (7) or (10), Article 40, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 40-2, paragraph (1), (4), or (5), Article 40-3, or Article 40-9, paragraph (1) or the necessary measures to prevent that assigned work from being carried out.

②If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has given recommendations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph but the person subject to the recommendations has not complied with them, the Minister may make this public.

①If a business entity that provides worker dispatching or a person using staffing services violates this Act or the provisions of an order based on this Act, a dispatched worker may notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of this.

②Neither a business entity that provides worker dispatching nor a person using staffing services must dismiss or otherwise treat a dispatched worker disadvantageously on the ground of the worker's having made the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Within the limits necessary to bring this Act into force, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order an entity engaging in worker dispatching services or a person using staffing services it provides to report on the necessary particulars, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①Within the limits necessary to bring this Act into force, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have a Ministry official enter the place of business or other facilities of the entity engaging in worker dispatching services or a person using staffing services provided by them, question relevant persons, and inspect books, documents, and other items.

②An official who conducts an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it to the relevant persons.

③The authority to conduct on-site inspections under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

A public employment security office may handle requests for consultation from workers and other such persons and offer the necessary advice and other such assistance with regard to the particulars of assigned work.

①The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may commission persons, from among those that enjoy public confidence and have expert knowledge and experience concerning the operation of worker dispatching services and assigned work, to act as partners for the proper operation of worker dispatching services.

②A partner for the proper operation of worker dispatching services, through cooperation in administrative measures to ensure the proper operation of worker dispatching services and proper assigned work, may respond to a request for counsel from, and give expert advice to, entities that provide worker dispatching, persons using worker dispatching services, workers, and others.

③A partner for the proper operation of worker dispatching services must not disclose any secrets learned in the course of duties to any other party without legitimate grounds. The same applies even after they have ceased to be a partner for the proper operation of worker dispatching services.

④A partner for the proper operation of worker dispatching services does not receive any remuneration from the State for performing their duties.

⑤A partner for the proper operation of worker dispatching services may receive payment for the expenses required to perform their duties, within the limits of budget.

The following persons must pay the fees specified by Cabinet Order by taking into consideration the actual cost involved:

When Cabinet Order is established, amended, or repealed under the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) may be specified by Cabinet Order, and when Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is established, amended, or repealed under the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) may be specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, within limits considered reasonably necessary in connection with its establishment, amendment, or repeal.

①Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Act may be delegated to prefectural labor directors, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The authority delegated to prefectural labor directors pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the chiefs of public employment security offices, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Beyond what is prescribed by this Act, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the procedures and other particulars necessary for the implementation of this Act.