# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第六十二条の二 (Article 62-2) - Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号 - English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 第六十二条の二 (Article 62-2)（高年齢者の労働災害防止のための措置） — address `art-62-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2 - 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. --- ### 第六十二条の二（高年齢者の労働災害防止のための措置） — Measures to Prevent Industrial Injuries Among Elderly Persons caption: machine translation, not official art-62-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2 **第一項** 事業者は、高年齢者の労働災害の防止を図るため、高年齢者の特性に配慮した作業環境の改善、作業の管理その他の必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。 art-62-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-1 In order to prevent industrial injuries among elderly persons, an employer must endeavor to improve the work environment, carry out management of work, and take other necessary measures in consideration of the characteristics of elderly persons. machine translation, not official **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の事業者が講ずべき措置に関して、その適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。 art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines in connection with the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph that employers are to take, in order to ensure their appropriate and effective implementation. machine translation, not official **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導、援助等を行うことができる。 art-62-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance and assistance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-62-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第一項 (Article 62-2, paragraph (1)), art-62-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-1 - art-62-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第二項 (Article 62-2, paragraph (2)), art-62-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第二項（高年齢者の労働災害防止のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第三項（高年齢者の労働災害防止のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条第一項（指針に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条第二項（指針に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第一項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-004, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17