# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第十六条 (Article 16)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（厚生労働省令への委任） — address `art-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-16
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### 第十六条（厚生労働省令への委任） — (Delegation to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-16</sup>

  **第一項**  前三条に規定するもののほか、訓練期間その他適応訓練の基準については、厚生労働省令で定める。
  <sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-16/par-1</sup>
  Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three Articles, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for a training period and other criteria for adaptive training.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16/par-1: 前三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-13
- art-16/par-1: 前三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-14
- art-16/par-1: 前三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-15

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18