# 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 — 第十八条 (Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（指導、助言及び勧告） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（指導、助言及び勧告） — (Guidance, Advice, and Recommendations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の規定に違反している事業主に対し、必要な指導及び助言をすることができる。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may give necessary guidance and advice to an employer who violates the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による指導又は助言をした場合において、その事業主がなお前条第一項の規定に違反していると認めるときは、当該事業主に対し、求職活動支援書を作成し、当該求職活動支援書に係る高年齢者等に交付すべきことを勧告することができる。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18/par-2 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that an employer still violates the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, even after having received the guidance and advice as provided for in the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may recommend the employer prepare a Support Plan for Job-Seeking and issue it to the elderly persons and others that are the subjects of the Support Plan for Job-Seeking. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/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 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-17/par-1 - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-2: 前条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 第十八条第二項（指導、助言及び勧告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-18/par-2 --- ## 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