# 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 — 第三十六条の四 (Article 36-4) - 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: 第三十六条の四 (Article 36-4) — address `art-36-4` - 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-36-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十六条の四 art-36-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-4 **第一項** 事業主は、前二条に規定する措置を講ずるに当たつては、障害者の意向を十分に尊重しなければならない。 art-36-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-4/par-1 In taking the measures provided for in the preceding two Articles, an employer must fully respect the inclinations of the person with a disability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業主は、前条に規定する措置に関し、その雇用する障害者である労働者からの相談に応じ、適切に対応するために必要な体制の整備その他の雇用管理上必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-36-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-4/par-2 An employer must respond when consulted by a worker with a disability that they employ regarding the measures provided for in the preceding Article and take the necessary measures in terms of personnel management, including making the systemic arrangements they need to respond appropriately. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36-4/par-1: 前二条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の二 (Article 36-2), art-36-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-2 - art-36-4/par-1: 前二条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の三 (Article 36-3), art-36-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-3 - art-36-4/par-2: 前条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の三 (Article 36-3), art-36-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五第一項（雇用の分野における障害者と障害者でない者との均等な機会の確保等に関する指針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5/par-1 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の六第一項（助言、指導及び勧告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-6/par-1 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十五条の三第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-85-3/par-1 --- ## 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