# 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 — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（再就職援助措置） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条（再就職援助措置） — (Measures to Support Re-Employment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15 **第一項** 事業主は、その雇用する高年齢者等（厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）その他厚生労働省令で定める者（以下この項及び次条第一項において「再就職援助対象高年齢者等」という。）が解雇（自己の責めに帰すべき理由によるものを除く。）その他の厚生労働省令で定める理由により離職する場合において、当該再就職援助対象高年齢者等が再就職を希望するときは、求人の開拓その他当該再就職援助対象高年齢者等の再就職の援助に関し必要な措置（以下「再就職援助措置」という。）を講ずるように努めなければならない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-1 If an elderly person and other persons (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) or other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance") are separated from employment due to being dismissed by their employer (excluding dismissal based on grounds attributable to those persons themselves) or due to any other reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and if the elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance wish to be re-employed, the employer must strive to search for job openings and take other necessary measures to support the elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance in their search for re-employment (hereinafter referred to as the "measures to support re-employment"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所は、前項の規定により事業主が講ずべき再就職援助措置について、当該事業主の求めに応じて、必要な助言その他の援助を行うものとする。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-2 Public employment security offices are to provide an employer with the necessary advice and other support for the measures to support re-employment that should be taken by the employer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, at the request of the employer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15/par-1: 次条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-1 - art-15/par-1: この項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十五条第一項（再就職援助措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-1 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十五条第二項（再就職援助措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-15/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十六条第一項（多数離職の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-1 --- ## 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