# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（移転費） — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-58
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### 第五十八条（移転費） — (Relocation Expenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-58</sup>

  **第一項**  移転費は、受給資格者等が公共職業安定所、職業安定法第四条第九項に規定する特定地方公共団体若しくは同法第十八条の二に規定する職業紹介事業者の紹介した職業に就くため、又は公共職業安定所長の指示した公共職業訓練等を受けるため、その住所又は居所を変更する場合において、公共職業安定所長が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて必要があると認めたときに、支給する。
  <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-58/par-1</sup>
  If a qualified recipient, etc., changes their domicile or residence to take up the employment referred by the Public Employment Security Office, a specified local government prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (9) of the Employment Security Act or an employment placement provider prescribed in Article 18-2 of that Act, or to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, and the chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, relocation expenses are paid.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  移転費の額は、受給資格者等及びその者により生計を維持されている同居の親族の移転に通常要する費用を考慮して、厚生労働省令で定める。
  <sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-58/par-2</sup>
  The amount of the relocation expenses is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taking into account the expenses normally required for relocation of a qualified recipient, etc., and cohabiting relatives who are supported by the recipient.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-58/par-1: 職業安定法第四条第九項 → 職業安定法 第四条第九項 (Article 4, paragraph (9)), art-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-4/par-9
- art-58/par-1: 同法第十八条の二 → 職業安定法 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2), art-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18-2

## Cited by

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

- 職業安定法 第十八条の二第一項（業務情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第三十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-36/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十六条の三第二項（就業促進手当） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-56-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56-3/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第七十九条の二第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-79-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-79-2/par-1

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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
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-20260929T170833-005, translated 2026-09-30
- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
