# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第三章 (Chapter 3) - Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号 - English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/ch-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/ch-3 - 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. --- ## 第三章　社会保険労務士の権利及び義務 — Chapter III Rights and Obligations of Labor and Social Security Attorneys heading: machine translation, not official ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/ch-3 ### 第十五条（不正行為の指示等の禁止） — Prohibition of Instructions for Wrongful Acts, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-15 **第一項** 社会保険労務士は、不正に労働社会保険諸法令に基づく保険給付を受けること、不正に労働社会保険諸法令に基づく保険料の賦課又は徴収を免れることその他労働社会保険諸法令に違反する行為について指示をし、相談に応じ、その他これらに類する行為をしてはならない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-15/par-1 A labor and social security attorney must not give instructions on, respond to consultations on, or otherwise engage in similar acts concerning improperly receiving insurance benefits under the labor and social insurance laws and regulations, improperly evading the imposition or collection of insurance premiums under the labor and social insurance laws and regulations, or other acts in violation of the labor and social insurance laws and regulations. machine translation, not official ### 第十六条（信用失墜行為の禁止） — Prohibition of Acts Damaging Credibility caption: machine translation, not official art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16 **第一項** 社会保険労務士は、社会保険労務士の信用又は品位を害するような行為をしてはならない。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16/par-1 A labor and social security attorney must not engage in conduct that harms the credibility or dignity of labor and social security attorneys. machine translation, not official ### 第十六条の二（勤務社会保険労務士の責務） — Duties of Employed Labor and Social Security Attorneys caption: machine translation, not official art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-2 **第一項** 勤務社会保険労務士は、その勤務する事業所において従事する第二条に規定する事務の適正かつ円滑な処理に努めなければならない。 art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-2/par-1 An employed labor and social security attorney must endeavor to handle appropriately and smoothly the affairs prescribed in Article 2 in which the labor and social security attorney engages at the place of business where the labor and social security attorney works. machine translation, not official ### 第十六条の三（研修） — Training caption: machine translation, not official art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-3 **第一項** 社会保険労務士は、社会保険労務士会及び連合会が行う研修を受け、その資質の向上を図るように努めなければならない。 art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-3/par-1 A labor and social security attorney must endeavor to receive training conducted by labor and social security attorney's associations and the Federation and thereby to improve the labor and social security attorney's qualities. machine translation, not official **第二項** 事業主は、前項に規定する研修について、勤務社会保険労務士から受講の申出があつたときは、その事業の運営に支障のない範囲内で受講の機会を与えるように努めなければならない。 art-16-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-3/par-2 When an employed labor and social security attorney has applied to attend the training prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the business owner must endeavor to give the labor and social security attorney an opportunity to attend, to the extent that doing so does not interfere with the operation of the business. machine translation, not official ### 第十七条（審査事項等を記載した書面の添付等） — Attachment of Documents Stating Matters Examined, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17 **第一項** 社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人は、申請書等（厚生労働省令で定めるものに限る。）を作成した場合には、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該申請書等の作成の基礎となつた事項を、書面に記載して当該書面を当該申請書等に添付し、又は当該申請書等に付記することができる。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17/par-1 When a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation has prepared a written application, etc. (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), it may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, state the matters that formed the basis for preparing that written application, etc. in a document and attach that document to the written application, etc., or add them as a note to the written application, etc. machine translation, not official **第二項** 社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人は、申請書等（厚生労働省令で定めるものに限る。）で他人の作成したものにつき相談を受けてこれを審査した場合において、当該申請書等が労働社会保険諸法令に従つて作成されていると認めたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その審査した事項及び当該申請書等が労働社会保険諸法令の規定に従つて作成されている旨を、書面に記載して当該書面を当該申請書等に添付し、又は当該申請書等に付記することができる。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17/par-2 When a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation has been consulted about a written application, etc. (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) prepared by another person, has examined it, and has found that the written application, etc. has been prepared in accordance with the labor and social insurance laws and regulations, it may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, state in a document the matters examined and the fact that the written application, etc. has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the labor and social insurance laws and regulations, and attach that document to the written application, etc., or add them as a note to the written application, etc. machine translation, not official **第三項** 社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人が前二項の規定による添付又は付記をしたときは、当該添付又は付記に係る社会保険労務士は、当該添付書面又は当該付記の末尾に社会保険労務士である旨を付記した上、記名しなければならない。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17/par-3 When a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation has made an attachment or added a note under the preceding two paragraphs, the labor and social security attorney concerned in that attachment or note must add, at the end of the attached document or the note, a note to the effect that the person is a labor and social security attorney, and write the person's name. machine translation, not official ### 第十八条（事務所） — Offices caption: machine translation, not official art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-18 **第一項** 他人の求めに応じ報酬を得て、第二条に規定する事務を業として行う社会保険労務士（社会保険労務士法人の社員を除く。以下「開業社会保険労務士」という。）は、その業務を行うための事務所を二以上設けてはならない。ただし、特に必要がある場合において厚生労働大臣の許可を受けたときは、この限りでない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-18/par-1 A labor and social security attorney who carries out, as a business and in return for remuneration at the request of another person, the affairs prescribed in Article 2 (excluding a member of a labor and social security attorney corporation; hereinafter referred to as a "self-employed labor and social security attorney") must not establish two or more offices for carrying out that business; provided, however, that this does not apply if the labor and social security attorney has obtained the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in a case of special necessity. machine translation, not official **第二項** 社会保険労務士法人の社員は、第二条に規定する事務を業として行うための事務所を設けてはならない。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-18/par-2 A member of a labor and social security attorney corporation must not establish an office for carrying out, as a business, the affairs prescribed in Article 2. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条（帳簿の備付け及び保存） — Keeping and Retention of Books caption: machine translation, not official art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-19 **第一項** 開業社会保険労務士は、その業務に関する帳簿を備え、これに事件の名称、依頼を受けた年月日、受けた報酬の額、依頼者の住所及び氏名又は名称その他厚生労働大臣が定める事項を記載しなければならない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-19/par-1 A self-employed labor and social security attorney must keep books relating to the labor and social security attorney's business and enter in them the name of the case, the date on which the request was received, the amount of remuneration received, the address and name or title of the client, and other particulars specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 開業社会保険労務士は、前項の帳簿をその関係書類とともに、帳簿閉鎖の時から二年間保存しなければならない。開業社会保険労務士でなくなつたときも、同様とする。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-19/par-2 A self-employed labor and social security attorney must retain the books referred to in the preceding paragraph, together with the related documents, for two years from the time the books are closed. The same applies when the labor and social security attorney has ceased to be a self-employed labor and social security attorney. machine translation, not official ### 第二十条（依頼に応ずる義務） — Duty to Accept Requests caption: machine translation, not official art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-20 **第一項** 開業社会保険労務士は、正当な理由がある場合でなければ、依頼（紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものを除く。）を拒んではならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-20/par-1 A self-employed labor and social security attorney must not refuse a request (excluding one relating to dispute resolution procedure representation business) unless there are justifiable grounds. machine translation, not official ### 第二十一条（秘密を守る義務） — Duty to Maintain Secrecy caption: machine translation, not official art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-21 **第一項** 開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人の社員は、正当な理由がなくて、その業務に関して知り得た秘密を他に漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人の社員でなくなつた後においても、また同様とする。 art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-21/par-1 A self-employed labor and social security attorney or a member of a labor and social security attorney corporation must not, without justifiable grounds, divulge or misappropriate any secret learned in connection with the business. The same applies after the person has ceased to be a self-employed labor and social security attorney or a member of a labor and social security attorney corporation. machine translation, not official ### 第二十二条（業務を行い得ない事件） — Cases in Which Business May Not Be Conducted caption: machine translation, not official art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22 **第一項** 社会保険労務士は、国又は地方公共団体の公務員として職務上取り扱つた事件及び仲裁手続により仲裁人として取り扱つた事件については、その業務を行つてはならない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-1 A labor and social security attorney must not conduct business with regard to a case that the labor and social security attorney has handled in the course of duties as a public officer of the State or a local government, or a case that the labor and social security attorney has handled as an arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定社会保険労務士は、次に掲げる事件については、紛争解決手続代理業務を行つてはならない。ただし、第三号に掲げる事件については、受任している事件の依頼者が同意した場合は、この限りでない。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2 A specified labor and social security attorney must not conduct dispute resolution procedure representation business with regard to the cases listed in the following items; provided, however, that with regard to the case listed in item (iii), this does not apply if the client of the case that the labor and social security attorney has accepted consents: machine translation, not official **一** 紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものとして、相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件 art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-1 a case, as one relating to dispute resolution procedure representation business, in which the labor and social security attorney has received consultation from the other party and has assisted that party, or has accepted that party's request; machine translation, not official **二** 紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものとして相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるもの art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-2 a case in which the labor and social security attorney has received consultation from the other party as one relating to dispute resolution procedure representation business, where the extent and method of that consultation are found to be based on a relationship of trust; machine translation, not official **三** 紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものとして受任している事件の相手方からの依頼による他の事件 art-22/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-3 another case commissioned by the other party of a case that the labor and social security attorney has accepted as pertaining to dispute resolution procedure representation business; machine translation, not official **四** 開業社会保険労務士の使用人である社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人の社員若しくは使用人である社会保険労務士としてその業務に従事していた期間内に、その開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人が、紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものとして、相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件であつて、自らこれに関与したもの art-22/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-4 a case in which the labor and social security attorney was personally involved and in which, during the period when the labor and social security attorney was engaged in business as a labor and social security attorney who was an employee of a self-employed labor and social security attorney or who was a member or employee of a labor and social security attorney corporation, that self-employed labor and social security attorney or labor and social security attorney corporation, as one relating to dispute resolution procedure representation business, received consultation from the other party and assisted that party, or accepted that party's request; machine translation, not official **五** 開業社会保険労務士の使用人である社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人の社員若しくは使用人である社会保険労務士としてその業務に従事していた期間内に、その開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人が紛争解決手続代理業務に関するものとして相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるものであつて、自らこれに関与したもの art-22/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-5 a case in which the labor and social security attorney was personally involved and in which, during the period when the labor and social security attorney was engaged in business as a labor and social security attorney who was an employee of a self-employed labor and social security attorney or who was a member or employee of a labor and social security attorney corporation, that self-employed labor and social security attorney or labor and social security attorney corporation received consultation from the other party as one relating to dispute resolution procedure representation business, where the extent and method of that consultation are found to be based on a relationship of trust. machine translation, not official ### 第二十三条 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-23 **第一項** 削除 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-23/par-1 no English for this paragraph ### 第二十三条の二（非社会保険労務士との提携の禁止） — Prohibition of Alliance with Persons Who Are Not Labor and Social Security Attorneys caption: machine translation, not official art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-23-2 **第一項** 社会保険労務士は、第二十六条又は第二十七条の規定に違反する者から事件のあつせんを受け、又はこれらの者に自己の名義を利用させてはならない。 art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-23-2/par-1 A labor and social security attorney must not receive referrals of cases from a person who violates the provisions of Article 26 or Article 27, or allow such a person to use the labor and social security attorney's name. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-16-2/par-1: 第二条 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2 - art-16-3/par-2: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十六条の三第一項 (Article 16-3, paragraph (1)), art-16-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-16-3/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 前二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 前二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-17/par-2 - art-18/par-1: 第二条 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2 - art-18/par-2: 第二条 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2 - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-19/par-1 - art-22/par-2: 第三号 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十二条第二項第三号 (Article 22, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-22/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2/item-3 - art-23-2/par-1: 第二十六条 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-26 - art-23-2/par-1: 第二十七条 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-27 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T204223-005, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-005, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-006, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18