# 雇用保険法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act — 第三十八条の三 (Article 38-3)

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- Law: 雇用保険法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act), 昭和五十年労働省令第三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第三十八条の三 (Article 38-3)（法第二十四条の二第一項の厚生労働省令で定める基準） — address `art-38-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-22
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### 第三十八条の三（法第二十四条の二第一項の厚生労働省令で定める基準） — Criteria Specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 24-2, Paragraph (1) of the Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-38-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-3</sup>

    **第一項**  法第二十四条の二第一項の厚生労働省令で定める基準は、受給資格者が次の各号のいずれにも該当することとする。
    <sup>art-38-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-3/par-1</sup>
    The criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 24-2, paragraph (1) of the Act are that the qualified recipient falls under all of the following items:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  特に誠実かつ熱心に求職活動を行つているにもかかわらず、所定給付日数に相当する日数分の基本手当の支給を受け終わる日までに職業に就くことができる見込みがなく、かつ、特に職業指導その他再就職の援助を行う必要があると認められること。
      <sup>art-38-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
      that, despite engaging in job-seeking activities in a particularly sincere and earnest manner, there is no prospect of being able to find employment by the day on which the person finishes receiving payment of the basic allowance for the number of days equivalent to the prescribed duration of benefits, and it is found that it is particularly necessary to provide vocational guidance and other assistance for re-employment;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  当該受給資格に係る離職後最初に公共職業安定所に求職の申込みをした日以後、正当な理由がなく、公共職業安定所の紹介する職業に就くこと、公共職業安定所長の指示した公共職業訓練等を受けること及び公共職業安定所が行う再就職を指導するために必要な職業指導を受けることを拒んだことがないこと。
      <sup>art-38-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-38-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
      that, on or after the day on which the person first applied for employment at a Public Employment Security Office after the separation from service pertaining to that recipient qualification, the person has not refused, without legitimate grounds, to take up employment referred by a Public Employment Security Office, to receive public vocational training, etc. as directed by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office, or to receive the vocational guidance necessary for guiding re-employment given by a Public Employment Security Office.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-38-3: 法第二十四条の二第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第一項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1)), art-24-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-38-3/par-1: 法第二十四条の二第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第一項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1)), art-24-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 雇用保険法施行規則 第百四十四条の二第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-144-2/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-10-22 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/350M50002000003/20261022_508M60000100149), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-012, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-012, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 228 — 雇用保険法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
