# 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 — 第四十二条 (Article 42) - 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（地方公共団体に勤務する職員に関する特例） — address `art-42` - 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-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42 - 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. --- ### 第四十二条（地方公共団体に勤務する職員に関する特例） — (Special Provisions for the Employees Working in Local Government) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42 **第一項** 地方公共団体の機関で、当該機関の任命権者及び当該機関以外の地方公共団体の機関（以下「その他機関」という。）の任命権者の申請に基づいて当該機関及び当該その他機関について次に掲げる基準に適合する旨の厚生労働大臣の認定を受けたもの（以下「認定地方機関」という。）に係る第三十八条第一項及び第四十条の規定の適用については、当該その他機関に勤務する職員は当該認定地方機関のみに勤務する職員と、当該その他機関は当該認定地方機関とみなす。 art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-1 To apply the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) and Article 40 to a local government organization that, based on the application of the appointer of that organization and the appointer of a local government organization other than the organization in question (hereinafter referred to as "the other organization"), has had it certified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare that it and the other organization conform to the following criteria (hereinafter referred to as a "certified local organization"), the employees who work at the other organization are deemed to be employees who work solely at the certified local organization, and the other organization is deemed to be that certified local organization: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該認定地方機関と当該その他機関との人的関係が緊密であること。 art-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-1/item-1 the same persons are closely connected with both the certified local organization and the other organization; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該認定地方機関及び当該その他機関において、対象障害者である職員の採用の促進が確実に達成されると認められること。 art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-1/item-2 it is recognized that there is sure to be success in facilitating the hiring of qualifying disabled employees at the certified local organization and the other organization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による認定をした後において、認定地方機関若しくはその他機関が廃止されたとき、又は前項各号に掲げる基準に適合しなくなつたと認めるときは、当該認定を取り消すことができる。 art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-2 If, after the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare grants a certification under the preceding paragraph, the certified local organization or the other organization is disestablished or the Minister finds that it no longer conforms to the criteria set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph, the Minister may revoke the certification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-42/par-1: 第三十八条第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-38/par-1 - art-42/par-1: 第四十条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-40 - art-42/par-2: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十二条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-42/par-2 --- ## 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