# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2) - 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: 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2)（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知等） — address `art-12-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第十二条の二（一般事業主行動計画の労働者への周知等） — (Notifying Workers of the General Employer Action Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2 **第一項** 前条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、これを労働者に周知させるための措置を講じなければならない。 art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-1 When a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article has formulated or changed a general employer action plan, the general employer must take measures to ensure that the worker is notified of that fact, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第五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、これを労働者に周知させるための措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-2 When a general employer prescribed in paragraph (5) of the preceding Article has formulated or changed a general employer action plan, the general employer must endeavor to take measures to ensure that the worker is notified of that fact, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第七項の規定は、同条第一項に規定する一般事業主が第一項の規定による措置を講じない場合について準用する。 art-12-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (7) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a general employer prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article does not take the measures under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-12-2/par-2: 前条第五項 → 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-12-2/par-3: 前条第七項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第七項 (Article 12, paragraph (7)), 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 - art-12-2/par-3: 同条第一項 → 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-12-2/par-3: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条の二第一項 (Article 12-2, paragraph (1)), art-12-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 --- ## Sources - 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 - 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