# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2) - 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: 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2)（基準に適合する認定一般事業主の認定） — address `art-15-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-2 - 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. --- ### 第十五条の二（基準に適合する認定一般事業主の認定） — (Certification for Certified General Employers That Conform to Standards) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、認定一般事業主からの申請に基づき、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該認定一般事業主について、雇用環境の整備に関し、行動計画策定指針に照らし適切な一般事業主行動計画（その計画期間の末日が、当該認定一般事業主が第十三条の認定を受けた日以後であるものに限る。）を策定したこと、当該一般事業主行動計画を実施し、当該一般事業主行動計画に定めた目標を達成したこと、当該認定一般事業主の次世代育成支援対策の実施の状況が優良なものであることその他の厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合するものである旨の認定を行うことができる。 art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-2/par-1 Based on an application from a certified general employer, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may certify that the certified general employer has formulated an appropriate general employer action plan in light of the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan (limited to a plan whose last day of its implementation period is on or after the day on which the certified general employer obtained the certification referred to in Article 13), concerning their efforts to improve the employment environment, has implemented the general employer action plan, has achieved the goals specified in the general employer action plan, has implemented the measures to support raising next-generation children in a superior manner, and conforms to other standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15-2/par-1: 第十三条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-13 ## 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 第十五条の五第一項（特例認定一般事業主の認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-5/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十五条の五第一項第二号（特例認定一般事業主の認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-5/par-1/item-2 - 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 --- ## 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