# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第四十八条の二 (Article 48-2) - Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号 - English title "Employment Security Act": 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: 第四十八条の二 (Article 48-2)（指導及び助言） — address `art-48-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十八条の二（指導及び助言） — (Guidance and Advice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-48-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、この法律の施行に関し必要があると認めるときは、職業紹介事業者、求人者、労働者の募集を行う者、募集受託者、募集情報等提供事業を行う者、労働者供給事業者及び労働者供給を受けようとする者に対し、その業務の適正な運営を確保するために必要な指導及び助言をすることができる。 art-48-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-2/par-1 When finding it to be necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide a provider of employment placement services, job poster, person recruiting workers, commissioned recruiter, person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information, providers of worker supply services, or person seeking to have a worker supplied to it the necessary guidance and advice to ensure the appropriate administration of its operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 職業安定法 第四十三条の九第一項（地方公共団体の行う募集情報等提供事業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-43-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-43-9/par-1 - 職業安定法 第四十八条の三第二項（改善命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十八条第三項（業務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-38/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17