# 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 — 第三条 (Article 3)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Article 3)（基本的理念） — address `art-3`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-3
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### 第三条（基本的理念） — (Basic Principles)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  高年齢者等は、その職業生活の全期間を通じて、その意欲及び能力に応じ、雇用の機会その他の多様な就業の機会が確保され、職業生活の充実が図られるように配慮されるものとする。
<sup>art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-3/par-1</sup>
Consideration must be given to ensure that elderly persons and others have opportunities for employment and other various work opportunities in accordance with their wishes and abilities throughout their entire working lives while enriching their working lives.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  労働者は、高齢期における職業生活の充実のため、自ら進んで、高齢期における職業生活の設計を行い、その設計に基づき、その能力の開発及び向上並びにその健康の保持及び増進に努めるものとする。
<sup>art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-3/par-2</sup>
On their own initiative, workers are to prepare a plan for working as elderly persons in order to enrich their working lives in this period, and are to strive to develop and improve their abilities while maintaining and promoting their health, based on the plan.
<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