# 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 — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)

- 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)（特例給付金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-104/art-16`
- 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/suppl-5041-104/art-16
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### 第十六条（特例給付金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Benefits
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<sup>suppl-5041-104/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  第九条の規定（附則第一条第二号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）による改正前の障害者雇用促進法（以下「旧障害者雇用促進法」という。）第四十九条第一項第一号の二の規定による特例給付金（次項において単に「特例給付金」という。）であってその支給事由が施行日前に生じたものについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1</sup>
With regard to a special benefit under the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i)-2 of the Disability Employment Promotion Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 9 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Disability Employment Promotion Act") (referred to simply as a "special benefit" in the following paragraph) for which the grounds for payment arose before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の際現に特に短い労働時間以外での労働が困難な状態にある対象障害者（障害者雇用促進法第三十七条第二項に規定する対象障害者をいい、障害者雇用促進法第二条第二号に規定する身体障害者（同条第三号に規定する重度身体障害者を除く。）又は同条第四号に規定する知的障害者（同条第五号に規定する重度知的障害者を除く。）に限る。）である旧障害者雇用促進法第四十九条第一項第一号の二に規定する特定短時間労働者を雇用している事業主に対しては、この法律の施行後においても、なお従前の例により特例給付金（この法律の施行の際現に雇用されている当該特定短時間労働者に係るものであって、その支給事由が令和七年三月三十一日までに生じるものに限る。）を支給することができる。
<sup>suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2</sup>
To an employer that employs a specified part-time worker prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i)-2 of the Former Disability Employment Promotion Act who is a qualifying disabled person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually in a condition in which it is difficult to work other than for especially short working hours (meaning a qualifying disabled person prescribed in Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act, limited to a person with a physical disability prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of that Act (excluding a person with a severe physical disability prescribed in item (iii) of that Article) or a person with an intellectual disability prescribed in item (iv) of that Article (excluding a person with a severe intellectual disability prescribed in item (v) of that Article)), a special benefit (limited to one relating to that specified part-time worker who is employed at the time this Act comes into effect and for which the grounds for payment arise on or before March 31, 2025) may be paid, even after this Act comes into effect, in accordance with the provisions then in force.
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## Cites
- suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1: 次項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第十六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (2)), suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-2

## 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 附則第十六条第一項（特例給付金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-5041-104/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-5041-104/art-16/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-012, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-012, translated 2026-10-19
- 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
