# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第四十八条の三 (Article 48-3)

- 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: 第四十八条の三 (Article 48-3)（改善命令等） — address `art-48-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3
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### 第四十八条の三（改善命令等） — (Order for Improvement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-48-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、職業紹介事業者、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又は労働者供給事業者が、その業務に関しこの法律の規定又はこれに基づく命令の規定に違反した場合において、当該業務の適正な運営を確保するために必要があると認めるときは、これらの者に対し、当該業務の運営を改善するために必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-48-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-1</sup>
If a provider of employment placement services, person recruiting workers, a commissioned recruiter, a person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information, or provider of worker supply services violates a provision of this Act or of an order based on this Act in connection with its operations, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to ensure the appropriate administration of those operations, the Minister may order that person to take the necessary measures to improve the administration of their operations.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、求人者又は労働者供給を受けようとする者が、第五条の三第二項若しくは第三項の規定に違反しているとき、若しくは第五条の六第三項の規定による求めに対して事実に相違する報告をしたとき、又はこれらの規定に違反して前条の規定による指導若しくは助言を受けたにもかかわらずなおこれらの規定に違反するおそれがあると認めるときは、当該求人者又は労働者供給を受けようとする者に対し、第五条の三第二項若しくは第三項又は第五条の六第三項の規定の違反を是正するために必要な措置又はその違反を防止するために必要な措置を執るべきことを勧告することができる。
<sup>art-48-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-2</sup>
When finding that a job poster or person intending to receive worker supply is in violation of the provisions of Article 5-3, paragraph (2) or (3), or that they have made a report containing factual discrepancies when asked to report under Article 5-6, paragraph (3), or that there is a continued risk of them violating those provisions, despite having received guidance or advice under the provisions of the preceding Article as a result of violating those provisions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may issue a recommendation. The job poster or person intending to receive worker supply take the necessary measures to rectify their violation of the provisions of Article 5-3, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 5-6, paragraph (3), or to prevent a violation of those provisions.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、労働者の募集を行う者に対し第一項の規定による命令をした場合又は前項の規定による勧告をした場合において、当該命令又は勧告を受けた者がこれに従わなかつたときは、その旨を公表することができる。
<sup>art-48-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-3</sup>
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has issued an order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or a recommendation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a person recruiting workers, but the person to whom the order or recommendation was issued has failed to comply with it, the Minister may make this known to the public.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-48-3/par-2: 第五条の三第二項 → 職業安定法 第五条の三第二項 (Article 5-3, paragraph (2)), art-5-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-3/par-2
- art-48-3/par-2: 第三項 → 職業安定法 第五条の三第三項 (Article 5-3, paragraph (3)), art-5-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-3/par-3
- art-48-3/par-2: 第五条の六第三項 → 職業安定法 第五条の六第三項 (Article 5-6, paragraph (3)), art-5-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-6/par-3
- art-48-3/par-2: 前条 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の二 (Article 48-2), art-48-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-2
- art-48-3/par-3: 第一項 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の三第一項 (Article 48-3, paragraph (1)), art-48-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-1
- art-48-3/par-3: 前項 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の三第二項 (Article 48-3, paragraph (2)), art-48-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-2

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## 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
