# 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 — 第八十一条の二 (Article 81-2)

- 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: 第八十一条の二 (Article 81-2)（書類の保存） — address `art-81-2`
- 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-81-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-81-2
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### 第八十一条の二（書類の保存） — (Retention of Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-81-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-81-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-81-2</sup>

**第一項**  労働者を雇用する事業主は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第三十八条第六項、第四十三条第九項並びに第四十八条第四項及び第九項の規定による確認に関する書類（その保存に代えて電磁的記録の保存がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。）で厚生労働省令で定めるものを保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-81-2/par-1</sup>
An employer that employs a worker must retain documents connected with the confirmation under the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (6), Article 43, paragraph (9), and Article 48, paragraph (4), paragraph (9) (inclusive of any electronic or magnetic records that the employer retains in lieu of those documents) that are provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-81-2/par-1: 第三十八条第六項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十八条第六項 (Article 38, paragraph (6)), art-38/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-38/par-6
- art-81-2/par-1: 第四十三条第九項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条第九項 (Article 43, paragraph (9)), art-43/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-9
- art-81-2/par-1: 第四十八条第四項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十八条第四項 (Article 48, paragraph (4)), art-48/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-48/par-4
- art-81-2/par-1: 第九項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十八条第九項 (Article 48, paragraph (9)), art-48/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-48/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-48/par-9

## 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 第四十三条第一項（一般事業主の雇用義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-1

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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
