# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第十二条 (Article 12) - Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号 - English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — (Formulation of General Employer Action Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体以外の事業主（以下「一般事業主」という。）であって、常時雇用する労働者の数が百人を超えるものは、行動計画策定指針に即して、一般事業主行動計画（一般事業主が実施する次世代育成支援対策に関する計画をいう。以下同じ。）を策定し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣にその旨を届け出なければならない。これを変更したときも同様とする。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-1 An employer other than the national government or a local government (referred to below as the "general employer") with over 100 regularly employed workers must formulate a general employer action plan (meaning a plan concerning measures to support raising next-generation children implemented by a general employer; the same applies below) in line with the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan, and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of that plan pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies when an employer makes any changes to the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 一般事業主行動計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-2 A general employer action plan is to prescribe the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 計画期間 art-12/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-2/item-1 the implementation period of the plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次世代育成支援対策の実施により達成しようとする目標 art-12/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-2/item-2 the goals to be achieved by implementing the measures to support raising next-generation children; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the goals to be achieved by implementing the measures to support raising next- generation children;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb **三** 実施しようとする次世代育成支援対策の内容及びその実施時期 art-12/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-2/item-3 the details of the measures to support raising next-generation children to be implemented and the implementation period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画を策定し、又は変更しようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その雇用する労働者の育児休業等（育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）第二条第一号に規定する育児休業、同法第二十三条第二項の育児休業に関する制度に準ずる措置又は同法第二十四条第一項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定により同項第二号に規定する育児休業に関する制度に準じて講ずる措置による休業その他これらに準ずるものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。以下この項において同じ。）の取得の状況及び労働時間の状況を把握し、労働者の職業生活と家庭生活との両立が図られるようにするために改善すべき事情について分析した上で、その結果を勘案して、これを定めなければならない。この場合において、前項第二号に掲げる目標については、その雇用する労働者の育児休業等の取得の状況及び労働時間の状況に係る数値を用いて定量的に定めなければならない。 art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-3 When a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) intends to formulate or change the general employer action plan, the general employer, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must ascertain the status of the use of childcare leave, etc. taken by a worker employed by that employer (meaning childcare leave prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991), absence from work due to measures equivalent to the childcare leave system stated in Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act, or absence from work due to measures taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part related to item (ii)) in accordance with the childcare leave system prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph, or any other leave specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being equivalent to that leave; the same applies below in this paragraph) and the status of their working hours, analyze the circumstances to be improved to achieve the balance between the professional and domestic lives of the worker, and formulate the plan by taking into consideration the results of the analysis. In this case, the general employer must quantitatively determine the goals stated in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph by using the figures indicating the status of the use of childcare leave, etc. taken by the worker employed by that employer and the status of their working hours. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) intends to formulate or change the general employer action plan, the general employer, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must ascertain the status of the use of childcare leave, etc. taken by a worker employed by that employer (meaning childcare leave prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991), absence from work due to measures equivalent to the childcare leave system stated in Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act, or absence from work due to measures taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part related to item (ii)) in accordance with the childcare leave system prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph, or any other leave specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being equivalent to that leave; the same applies below in this paragraph) and the status of their working hours, analyze the circumstances to be improved to achieve the balance between the professional and domestic lives of the worker, and formulate the plan by taking into consideration the results of the analysis. In this case, the general employer must quantitively determine the goals stated in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph by using the figures indicating the status of the use of childcare leave, etc. taken by the worker employed by that employer and the status of their working hours." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb **第四項** 第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画を策定し、又は変更したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、これを公表しなければならない。 art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-4 When a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) has formulated or changed a general employer action plan, the general employer must make that fact public pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 一般事業主であって、常時雇用する労働者の数が百人以下のものは、行動計画策定指針に即して、一般事業主行動計画を策定し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣にその旨を届け出るよう努めなければならない。これを変更したときも同様とする。 art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-5 A general employer with 100 or less regularly employed workers must endeavor to formulate a general employer action plan in line with the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of that plan pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies when the general employer makes any changes to the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三項の規定は前項に規定する一般事業主が一般事業主行動計画を策定し、又は変更しようとする場合について、第四項の規定は当該一般事業主が一般事業主行動計画を策定し、又は変更した場合について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、第三項中「定めなければ」とあるのは「定めるよう努めなければ」と、第四項中「公表しなければ」とあるのは「公表するよう努めなければ」と読み替えるものとする。 art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-6 The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a general employer prescribed in the preceding paragraph intends to formulate or change a general employer action plan, and the provisions of paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the general employer has formulated or changed a general employer action plan. In this case, the term "must formulate" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to formulate" and the term "must make public" in paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to make public". Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a general employer prescribed in the preceding paragraph intends to formulate or change a general employer action plan, and the provisions of paragraphs (4) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the general employer has formulated or changed a general employer action plan. In this case, the term "must formulate" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to formulate" and the term "must make public" in paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to make public"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb **第七項** 第一項に規定する一般事業主が同項の規定による届出又は第四項の規定による公表をしない場合には、厚生労働大臣は、当該一般事業主に対し、相当の期間を定めて当該届出又は公表をすべきことを勧告することができる。 art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-7 If a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) does not make a notification pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph or make the relevant facts public pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may recommend the general employer to make the notification or to make the relevant facts public within a reasonable period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-3: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-3: 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）第二条第一号 → 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-2/par-1/item-1 - art-12/par-3: 同法第二十三条第二項 → 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-23/par-2 - art-12/par-3: 同法第二十四条第一項 → 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-24/par-1 - art-12/par-3: 第二号 → 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-24/par-1/item-2 - art-12/par-3: この項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-3 - art-12/par-3: 前項第二号 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第二項第二号 (Article 12, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-12/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-2/item-2 - art-12/par-4: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-6: 第三項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-3 - art-12/par-6: 前項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第五項 (Article 12, paragraph (5)), art-12/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-5 - art-12/par-6: 第四項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第四項 (Article 12, paragraph (4)), art-12/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-4 - art-12/par-7: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-7: 第四項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第四項 (Article 12, paragraph (4)), art-12/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-4 ## Cited by 18 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第三項（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-3 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第四項（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-4 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第六項（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-6 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第七項（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-7 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条の二第一項（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条の二第二項（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-2 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条の二第三項（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-3 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十三条第一項（基準に適合する一般事業主の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-13/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十五条の三第一項（特例認定一般事業主の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-3/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十八条第一項（一般事業主に対する国の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-18/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十三条第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-23/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第六条第一項（一般事業主行動計画の公表に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-6/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第六条第二項（一般事業主行動計画の公表に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-6/par-2 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第七条第一項（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-7/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第七条第二項（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-7/par-2 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第八条第一項（一般事業主行動計画の届出に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-8/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, written 2026-10-19 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法), Article 12, paragraph (2), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法), Article 12, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法), Article 12, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19