# 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 — 第十六条 (Article 16) - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（多数離職の届出） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十六条（多数離職の届出） — (Notification of Multiple Separations from Employment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16 **第一項** 事業主は、再就職援助対象高年齢者等のうち厚生労働省令で定める数以上の者が前条第一項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める理由により離職する場合には、あらかじめ、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その旨を公共職業安定所長に届け出なければならない。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-1 In the event that elderly persons eligible for re-employment assistance and other assistance whose number is equal to or greater than the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are separated from employment due to a reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the employer must notify the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office of this in advance, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合における離職者の数の算定は、厚生労働省令で定める算定方法により行うものとする。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-2 The calculation of the number of workers separated from employment in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be made by the calculation method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-16/par-2: 前項 → 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 ## 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 第十六条第二項（多数離職の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-57/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