# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第四十八条の四 (Article 48-4)

- 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: 第四十八条の四 (Article 48-4)（厚生労働大臣に対する申告） — address `art-48-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4
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### 第四十八条の四（厚生労働大臣に対する申告） — (Report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-48-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4</sup>

**第一項**  特定地方公共団体、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、労働者供給事業者又は労働者供給を受けようとする者がこの法律の規定又はこれに基づく命令の規定に違反する事実がある場合においては、当該特定地方公共団体若しくは職業紹介事業者に求職の申込みをした求職者、当該募集に応じた労働者、当該募集情報等提供事業を行う者から募集情報等提供を受け当該募集情報等提供に係る労働者の募集に応じた労働者若しくは当該募集情報等提供事業を行う者により自らに関する情報を提供された労働者又は当該労働者供給事業者から供給される労働者は、厚生労働大臣に対し、その事実を申告し、適当な措置を執るべきことを求めることができる。
<sup>art-48-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4/par-1</sup>
If a specified local public entity, 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 workers supplied to it violates any of the provisions of this Act or of an order based on this Act, a job seeker who has filed a job-seeking application with the specified local public entity or provider of employment placement services, a worker who has responded to the recruitment invitation, a worker who has been provided with recruitment/candidate information by the person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information and responded to the recruitment invitation pertaining to the provided information or a worker whose information was provided by the person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information, or a worker supplied by the supplier of workers may report this to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and request that appropriate measures be taken.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による申告があつたときは、必要な調査を行い、その申告の内容が事実であると認めるときは、この法律に基づく措置その他適当な措置を執らなければならない。
<sup>art-48-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4/par-2</sup>
Upon receipt of the report referred to in the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must conduct the necessary investigation and, if the content of the report is found to be factual, the Minister must implement measures in accordance with this Act as well as other suitable measures.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-48-4/par-2: 前項 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の四第一項 (Article 48-4, paragraph (1)), art-48-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4/par-1

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第五項（委託募集の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-5
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十六条第五項（委託募集の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-16/par-5
- 職業安定法 第四十八条の四第二項（厚生労働大臣に対する申告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-48-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4/par-2
- 職業安定法 附則第三条第二項（職業安定法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/suppl-4281-47/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4281-47/art-3/par-2
- 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第五十三条第五項（育児休業等取得者の業務を処理するために必要な労働者の募集の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-53/par-5
- 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

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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
