# 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 / Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - Law: 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 (Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment), 昭和四十七年法律第百十三号 - English title "Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment": 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（調査等） — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条（調査等） — (Investigations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-34 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、男性労働者及び女性労働者のそれぞれの職業生活に関し必要な調査研究を実施するものとする。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-34/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to implement necessary research and studies concerning the working lives of male and female workers respectively. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、この法律の施行に関し、関係行政機関の長に対し、資料の提供その他必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-34/par-2 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in enforcing this Act, the Minister may ask for necessary cooperation from the head of relevant administrative organs, such as providing of materials. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、この法律の施行に関し、都道府県知事から必要な調査報告を求めることができる。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-34/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request necessary investigation reports from the prefectural governors in enforcing this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 第三十七条第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-37/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000113/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4190/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29 - This site's parser, version 201 — 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05