# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第五十条 (Article 50)

- Law: 雇用保険法 (Employment Insurance Act), 昭和四十九年法律第百十六号
- English title "Employment Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第五十条 (Article 50)（日雇労働求職者給付金の支給日数等） — address `art-50`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
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### 第五十条（日雇労働求職者給付金の支給日数等） — (Duration of the Job Applicant Benefits for Day Workers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-50</sup>

  **第一項**  日雇労働求職者給付金は、日雇労働被保険者が失業した日の属する月における失業の認定を受けた日について、その月の前二月間に、その者について納付されている印紙保険料が通算して二十八日分以下であるときは、通算して十三日分を限度として支給し、その者について納付されている印紙保険料が通算して二十八日分を超えているときは、通算して、二十八日分を超える四日分ごとに一日を十三日に加えて得た日数分を限度として支給する。ただし、その月において通算して十七日分を超えては支給しない。
  <sup>art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-50/par-1</sup>
  The job applicant benefits for day workers are paid, for the days in the month containing the day on which an insured day worker became unemployed, for which the certification of unemployment was obtained, within the limit of 13 benefit days in total, when stamp premiums have been paid for the insured day worker for less than 28 days in total during the two-month period before the month containing the day of unemployment, and within the limit of the number of benefit days obtained by adding one day to the 13 days for every four days in excess of the 28 days, when stamp premiums have been paid for the insured day worker for more than 28 days in total; provided, however, that the job applicant benefits for day workers are not to be paid for more than 17 days in total for that month.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  日雇労働求職者給付金は、各週（日曜日から土曜日までの七日をいう。）につき日雇労働被保険者が職業に就かなかつた最初の日については、支給しない。
  <sup>art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-50/par-2</sup>
  The job applicant benefits for day workers are not paid for the first day in each week (meaning the seven day period from Sunday to Saturday) on which the insured day worker did not take up employment.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 雇用保険法 第四十五条第一項（日雇労働求職者給付金の受給資格） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-45/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-54/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-55/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法 — the text in force from 2026-05-13 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/349AC0000000116/20260513_507AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-09-29
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3877/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29
- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
