# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第三章の四 (Chapter 3-4) - 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: 第三章の四 (Chapter 3-4) — address `ch-3-4` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/ch-3-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/ch-3-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第三章の四　労働者供給事業 — Chapter III-4 The Worker Supply Services heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/ch-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/ch-3-4 ### 第四十四条（労働者供給事業の禁止） — (Prohibition of the Worker Supply Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-44 **第一項** 何人も、次条に規定する場合を除くほか、労働者供給事業を行い、又はその労働者供給事業を行う者から供給される労働者を自らの指揮命令の下に労働させてはならない。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-44/par-1 It is prohibited for any person to provide the worker supply services or to have a worker who has been supplied by a person providing the worker supply services work under the directions or orders of the person to which the worker has been supplied, except in the cases provided for in the following Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十五条（労働者供給事業の許可） — (Licensing for the Worker Supply Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45 **第一項** 労働組合等が、厚生労働大臣の許可を受けた場合は、無料の労働者供給事業を行うことができる。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45/par-1 A labor union, etc. may conduct a free worker supply service, provided it has received license by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十五条の二（労働者供給事業者の責務） — (Responsibilities of Providers of Worker Supply Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45-2 **第一項** 労働者供給事業者は、労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整に資するため、当該事業の運営に当たつては、その改善向上を図るために必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。 art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45-2/par-1 In operating its services, a provider of worker supply service must endeavor to take the necessary measures to improve its services in order to contribute to the appropriate and smooth coordination of workforce supply and demand. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十六条（準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-46 **第一項** 第二十条、第三十三条の四及び第四十一条第一項の規定は、労働組合等が前条の規定により労働者供給事業を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、第二十条第一項中「公共職業安定所」とあるのは「労働者供給事業者」と、「求職者を紹介してはならない」とあるのは「労働者を供給してはならない」と、同条第二項中「求職者を無制限に紹介する」とあるのは「労働者を無制限に供給する」と、「公共職業安定所は当該事業所に対し、求職者を紹介してはならない」とあるのは「公共職業安定所は、その旨を労働者供給事業者に通報するものとし、当該通報を受けた労働者供給事業者は、当該事業所に対し、労働者を供給してはならない」と、同項ただし書中「紹介する」とあるのは「供給する」と、第四十一条第一項中「同項の許可」とあるのは「同条の許可」と、「当該労働者の募集の業務」とあるのは「当該労働者供給事業の全部若しくは一部」と読み替えるものとする。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-46/par-1 The provisions of Articles 20 and 33-4 and Article 41, paragraph (1), apply mutatis mutandis when a labor union, etc., provides worker supply services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article. In this case, in Article 20, paragraph (1), the phrase "public employment security office" is deemed to be replaced with "providers of worker supply services" and the phrase "must not refer job seekers to" is deemed to be replaced with "must not supply workers with"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "unrestricted referral of job seekers" is deemed to be replaced with "unrestricted supply of workers" and the phrase "the public employment security office must not refer job seekers to that place of business" is deemed to be replaced with "the public employment security office is to report this to providers of worker supply services, and those providers of worker supply services that have received that report must not supply workers to that place of business"; in the proviso to that paragraph, the term "referral" is deemed to be replaced with "supply"; and in Article 41, paragraph (1), the phrase "the license referred to in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the license referred to in that Article" and the phrase "its worker recruitment operations" is deemed to be replaced with "all or part of its worker supply services". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十七条（施行規定） — (Provisions on Implementation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-47 **第一項** 労働者供給事業に関する許可の申請手続その他労働者供給事業に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令でこれを定める。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-47/par-1 The procedure for applying for a license for worker supply services, and other necessary particulars related to such services, will be provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 次条 → 職業安定法 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45 - art-46/par-1: 第二十条 → 職業安定法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20 - art-46/par-1: 第三十三条の四 → 職業安定法 第三十三条の四 (Article 33-4), art-33-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-33-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-33-4 - art-46/par-1: 第四十一条第一項 → 職業安定法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-41/par-1 - art-46/par-1: 前条 → 職業安定法 第四十五条の二 (Article 45-2), art-45-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45-2 - art-46/par-1: 第二十条第一項 → 職業安定法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20/par-1 - art-46/par-1: 同条第二項 → 職業安定法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20/par-2 --- ## 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