# 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 — 第四十条 (Article 40)

- 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（任免に関する状況の通報等） — address `art-40`
- 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-40
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### 第四十条（任免に関する状況の通報等） — (Reporting of Appointment and Dismissal Status; Related Matters)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40</sup>

  **第一項**  国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、毎年一回、政令で定めるところにより、当該機関における対象障害者である職員の任免に関する状況を厚生労働大臣に通報しなければならない。
  <sup>art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40/par-1</sup>
  The national or local government's appointer must report the appointment and dismissal status for qualifying disabled employees at the relevant organization to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare once a year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  国及び地方公共団体の任命権者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、前項の規定により厚生労働大臣に通報した内容を公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40/par-2</sup>
  Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the national or local government's appointer must disclose the substance of what was reported to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-40/par-2: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40/par-1

## Cited by

4 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 第四十条第二項（任免に関する状況の通報等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40/par-2
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十一条第一項（国に勤務する職員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-41/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十二条第一項（地方公共団体に勤務する職員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十八条第一項第五号（障害者雇用推進者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-78/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-78/par-1/item-5

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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
