# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57)

- 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
- 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — address `art-57`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
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### 第五十七条（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — (Special Provisions for Cases where the Employment Promotion Allowance Has Been Paid)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57</sup>

  **第一項**  特定就業促進手当受給者について、第一号に掲げる期間が第二号に掲げる期間を超えるときは、当該特定就業促進手当受給者の基本手当の受給期間は、第二十条第一項及び第二項並びに第三十三条第三項の規定にかかわらず、これらの規定による期間に当該超える期間を加えた期間とする。
  <sup>art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1</sup>
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 33, paragraph (3), when the period listed in item (i) exceeds the period listed in item (ii), with regard to specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance, the basic allowance benefit period for the specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance is to be the period adding the period under these provisions and the exceeding period:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  就業促進手当（前条第一項第一号に該当する者に係るものに限る。以下この条において同じ。）に係る基本手当の受給資格に係る離職の日の翌日から再離職（当該就業促進手当の支給を受けた後の最初の離職（新たに受給資格、高年齢受給資格又は特例受給資格を取得した場合における当該受給資格、高年齢受給資格又は特例受給資格に係る離職を除く。）をいう。次項において同じ。）の日までの期間に次のイ及びロに掲げる日数を加えた期間
    <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the period adding the period between the day after the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the basic allowance pertaining to the employment promotion allowance (limited to the allowance pertaining to persons who fall under paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and the day of the second separation from service (meaning the first separation from employment after receiving payment of the employment promotion allowance; the same applies in the following paragraph (when the recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly, or special recipient qualification has been newly obtained, excluding separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification, recipient qualification for the elderly, or special recipient qualification)) and the number of days listed in the following sub-items (a) and (b):
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **イ**  二十日以下の範囲内で厚生労働省令で定める日数
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      the number of days specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within a limit of 20 days or less;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  当該就業促進手当に係る職業に就いた日の前日における支給残日数から前条第四項の規定により基本手当を支給したものとみなされた日数を差し引いた日数
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      the number of days obtained by deducting the number of days for which the basic allowance is deemed to have been paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article from the remaining number of benefit days on the day before the day on which the person took up the employment pertaining to the employment promotion allowance;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  当該職業に就かなかつたこととした場合における当該受給資格に係る第二十条第一項及び第二項の規定による期間（第三十三条第三項の規定に該当する受給資格者については、同項の規定による期間）
    <sup>art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) pertaining to the recipient qualification, assuming the person had not taken up the employment (for qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3), the period prescribed in the same paragraph).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の特定就業促進手当受給者とは、就業促進手当の支給を受けた者であつて、再離職の日が当該就業促進手当に係る基本手当の受給資格に係る第二十条第一項及び第二項の規定による期間（第三十三条第三項の規定に該当する受給資格者については、同項の規定による期間）内にあり、かつ、次の各号のいずれかに該当するものをいう。
  <sup>art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2</sup>
  The specific recipients of the employment promotion allowance referred to in the preceding paragraph means persons who have received payment of the employment promotion allowance, whose second separation from service falls within the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance pertaining to the employment promotion allowance (for qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3), the period prescribed in the same paragraph) and who fall under any of the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  再離職が、その者を雇用していた事業主の事業について発生した倒産又は当該事業主の適用事業の縮小若しくは廃止に伴うものである者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
    <sup>art-57/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-1</sup>
    persons whose second separation from service has been prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as having accompanied an insolvency that occurred with regard to the undertaking by the employer who had been employing the persons, or the downsizing or discontinuance of the covered undertaking by the employer;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  前号に定めるもののほか、解雇その他の厚生労働省令で定める理由により離職した者
    <sup>art-57/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-2</sup>
    beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, persons who have been separated from service because of dismissal or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項の規定に該当する受給資格者については、第二十四条第一項中「第二十条第一項及び第二項」とあるのは、「第五十七条第一項」とする。
  <sup>art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-3</sup>
  With regard to qualified recipients who fall under the provisions of paragraph (1), the term "Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 24, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 57, paragraph (1)."
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第三十三条第五項の規定は、第一項の規定に該当する受給資格者について準用する。
  <sup>art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 33, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to qualified recipients who fall under paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-57/par-1: 第一号 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-57/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-1
- art-57/par-1: 第二号 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項第二号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-57/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-2
- art-57/par-1: 第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1
- art-57/par-1: 第二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-2
- art-57/par-1: 第三十三条第三項 → 雇用保険法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-33/par-3
- art-57/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 雇用保険法 第五十六条の三第一項第一号 (Article 56-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-56-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-56-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56-3/par-1/item-1
- art-57/par-1/item-1: この条 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57
- art-57/par-1/item-1: 次項 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2
- art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 前条第四項 → 雇用保険法 第五十六条の三第四項 (Article 56-3, paragraph (4)), art-56-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-56-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56-3/par-4
- art-57/par-1/item-2: 第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1
- art-57/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-2
- art-57/par-1/item-2: 第三十三条第三項 → 雇用保険法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-33/par-3
- art-57/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1
- art-57/par-2: 第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1
- art-57/par-2: 第二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-2
- art-57/par-2: 第三十三条第三項 → 雇用保険法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-33/par-3
- art-57/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-57/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-1
- art-57/par-3: 第一項 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二十四条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-2
- art-57/par-4: 第三十三条第五項 → 雇用保険法 第三十三条第五項 (Article 33, paragraph (5)), art-33/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-33/par-5
- art-57/par-4: 第一項 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十六条の三第一項第一号（就業促進手当） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-56-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56-3/par-1/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第一項第一号（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-1/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項第二号（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第三項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第五十七条第四項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-4
- 雇用保険法 附則第十条第一項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-10/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第十条第二項（就業促進手当の支給を受けた場合の特例に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-10/par-2

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## Sources

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