# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第十四条 (Article 14)

- Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号
- English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十四条 (Article 14)（求人者等に対する指導及び援助） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-14
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### 第十四条（求人者等に対する指導及び援助） — (Guidance and Support for Recruiting Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-14</sup>

  **第一項**  公共職業安定所は、高年齢者等にその能力に適合する職業を紹介するため必要があるときは、求人者に対して、年齢その他の求人の条件について指導するものとする。
  <sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-14/par-1</sup>
  When deemed necessary in order to introduce elderly persons and others to employment that is compatible with their abilities, public employment security offices are to give guidance to recruiting employers on age and other conditions.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  公共職業安定所は、高年齢者等を雇用し、又は雇用しようとする者に対して、雇入れ、配置、作業の設備又は環境等高年齢者等の雇用に関する技術的事項について、必要な助言その他の援助を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-14/par-2</sup>
  Public employment security offices may give those that employ or seek to employ elderly persons and others the necessary advice and other support on technical particulars concerning the employment of elderly persons and others concerning such particulars as hiring, assignments, working equipment and the working environment.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09