# Public employment security office (公共職業安定所, こうきょうしょくぎょうあんていじょ)

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- Group: Institutions, offices and documents
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/public-employment-security-office
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/public-employment-security-office
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-29

A national government office that does job placement (職業紹介) between job seekers and employers, vocational guidance and employment insurance (雇用保険) work, and other work the Employment Security Act needs to achieve its aims, and serves the public free of charge (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (1); Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 23, paragraph (1)). Each is set up where needed to handle part of a prefectural labor bureau's (都道府県労働局) work, other than the work given to labor standards inspection offices, and an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令) sets each office's name, seat, area and the work it handles (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 23). Its head (公共職業安定所長) runs it under the direction of the director of the prefectural labor bureau (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).

Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Employment Security Act, Art. 8](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act
- [Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 23](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000097)

## Where the laws use it

15 laws in force use it in this sense, in 97 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Employment Security Act (職業安定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act): 40 provisions, among them [Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-1), [Article 5](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5), [Article 5-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-2)
- [Employment Insurance Act (雇用保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act): 20 provisions, among them [Article 10-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-10-4), [Article 15](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-15), [Article 21](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-21)
- [Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act): 11 provisions, among them [Article 9](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-9), [Article 10](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-10), [Article 11](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-11)
- [Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons (高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act): 9 provisions, among them [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-13), [Article 14](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-14), [Article 15](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15)
- [Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers (労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-24), [Article 52](https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-52), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/suppl-4241-27/art-2)
- [Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives (労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-measures-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-measures-act/art-2), [Article 23](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-measures-act/art-23)
- [Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life (女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 17](https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-17), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5041-12/art-1)
- [Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 17](https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-17), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-5041-12/art-1)
- [Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 54](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-54), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/suppl-5041-12/art-1)
- [Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 61-7](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-7)
- [Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation): 1 provision, among them [Article 26](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-26)
- [Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (労働者災害補償保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/suppl-4241-27/art-2)
- [Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/suppl-5041-12/art-1)
- [Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則)](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation): 1 provision, among them [Article 19](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-19)
- [Public Assistance Act (生活保護法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act): 1 provision, among them [Appended Table 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-1)

## Related

- [Ministerial Order (省令, しょうれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/ministerial-ordinance)
- [Prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局, とどうふけんろうどうきょく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-labor-bureau)
- [Director of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局長, とどうふけんろうどうきょくちょう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-labor-bureau-director)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-29)
- Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (15 records)