# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号
- English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、定年の引上げ、継続雇用制度の導入等による高年齢者の安定した雇用の確保の促進、高年齢者等の再就職の促進、定年退職者その他の高年齢退職者に対する就業の機会の確保等の措置を総合的に講じ、もつて高年齢者等の職業の安定その他福祉の増進を図るとともに、経済及び社会の発展に寄与することを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to promote the employment security and general welfare of elderly persons and others while contributing to the development of the economy and society, by taking comprehensive measures that are designed to facilitate the secure employment of elderly persons, such as raising the mandatory retirement age and introducing a system of continuous employment, to facilitate the re-employment of elderly persons and others and to secure employment opportunities for persons who have mandatorily retired and other elderly retirees.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09