# 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 — 第二十条 (Article 20) - 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（募集及び採用についての理由の提示等） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20 - 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. --- ### 第二十条（募集及び採用についての理由の提示等） — (Providing Reasons for Recruitment and Employment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20 **第一項** 事業主は、労働者の募集及び採用をする場合において、やむを得ない理由により一定の年齢（六十五歳以下のものに限る。）を下回ることを条件とするときは、求職者に対し、厚生労働省令で定める方法により、当該理由を示さなければならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20/par-1 When an employer recruits or employs workers and sets an upper age limit for applicants (limited to age limits of not more than 65 years of age) due to compelling reasons, the employer must explain the reasons for the limitation to the job seekers, pursuant to a method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項に規定する理由の提示の有無又は当該理由の内容に関して必要があると認めるときは、事業主に対して、報告を求め、又は助言、指導若しくは勧告をすることができる。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20/par-2 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare deems it necessary, the Minister may request reports from an employer or give advice, guidance, or recommendations, with regard to providing grounds specified in the preceding paragraph or the content of the grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20/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 第二十条第二項（募集及び採用についての理由の提示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-20/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