# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54)

- 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（雇入方法等の指導） — address `art-54`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-54
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-54
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### 第五十四条（雇入方法等の指導） — (Providing Guidance on Hiring Methods)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-54</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、労働者の雇入方法を改善し、及び労働力を事業に定着させることによつて生産の能率を向上させることについて、工場事業場等を指導することができる。
<sup>art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-54/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide guidance to factories, place of business, or other such workplace on increasing production efficiency by improving methods of hiring workers and ensuring that their business retain a workforce.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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