# 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 — 第四条 (Article 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: 第四条 (Article 4) — address `art-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-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  障害者である労働者は、職業に従事する者としての自覚を持ち、自ら進んで、その能力の開発及び向上を図り、有為な職業人として自立するように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-4/par-1</sup>
Workers with disabilities, recognizing themselves to be persons engaged in occupations and acting on their own initiatives, must endeavor to develop and improve their abilities and to become independent as capable working persons.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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