# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第十九条 (Article 19)

- Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号
- English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": 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: 第十九条 (Article 19) — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十九条
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19</sup>

  **第一項**  国及び地方公共団体の機関、それらの長又はそれらの職員で政令で定めるもの（以下「特定事業主」という。）は、政令で定めるところにより、事業主行動計画策定指針に即して、特定事業主行動計画（特定事業主が実施する女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する計画をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-1</sup>
  The national government and local government organizations, and the head or other officials of these organizations specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "specified employers") must establish a specified employer action plan (meaning a plan concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life implemented by specified employers; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  特定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。
  <sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2</sup>
  The specified employer action plan is to prescribe the following particulars:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  計画期間
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the planning period;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施により達成しようとする目標
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the goals to be achieved by implementing initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  実施しようとする女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容及びその実施時期
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the contents of the initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life planned to be implemented and their implementation period.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更（内閣府令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、採用した職員に占める女性職員の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異、勤務時間の状況、管理的地位にある職員に占める女性職員の割合その他のその事務及び事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する状況を把握し、女性の職業生活における活躍を推進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、前項第二号の目標については、採用する職員に占める女性職員の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異の縮小の割合、勤務時間、管理的地位にある職員に占める女性職員の割合その他の数値を用いて定量的に定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-3</sup>
  When intending to establish the specified employer action plan or modify it (excluding minor modifications specified by Cabinet Office Order), specified employers must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, ascertain the ratio of women employees to the total number of employees they have hired, gender differences in the number of years of continuous employment, the state of working hours, the ratio of women employees in managerial positions, and other factors in relation to women's active engagement in professional life in their administrative duties and business, analyze what can be changed to improve the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, and then establish the plan taking the results into account. In this case, the goals set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be quantitatively prescribed using the ratio of women employees to the total number of employees they hire, the ratio of reduction of difference in the number of years of continuous employment based on gender, working hours, the ratio of women employees in managerial positions and other figures.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更（前項の内閣府令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを職員に周知させるための措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-4</sup>
  When a specified employer establishes the specified employer action plan or modifies it (excluding minor modifications specified by the Cabinet Office Order referred to in the preceding paragraph), the specified employer must take measures to publicize this among its employees without delay.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-5</sup>
  If a specified employer establishes the specified employer action plan or modifies it, the specified employer must publicize this without delay.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  特定事業主は、毎年少なくとも一回、特定事業主行動計画に基づく取組の実施の状況を公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-6</sup>
  A specified employer must publicize the status of implementation of initiatives based on the specified employer action plan at least once every year.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画に基づく取組を実施するとともに、特定事業主行動計画に定められた目標を達成するよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-7</sup>
  A specified employer must implement initiatives based on the specified employer action plan and endeavor to achieve the goals prescribed in the specified employer action plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-19/par-1: この条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19
- art-19/par-3: 前項第二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第二項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-19/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-2
- art-19/par-4: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-3

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-1
- 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-1
- 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-3
- 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch womens-engagement-act-20261019T013854-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch womens-engagement-act-20261019T013854-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19