# 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 — 第二十六条 (Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（公共職業安定所長の指示） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26 - 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. --- ### 第二十六条（公共職業安定所長の指示） — (Instructions by the Chief of Public Employment Security Offices) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26 **第一項** 公共職業安定所長は、手帳を発給するときは、手帳の発給を受ける者に対して、その者の知識、技能、職業経験その他の事情に応じ、当該手帳の有効期間中前条第一項の計画に準拠した同項各号に掲げる措置（以下「就職促進の措置」という。）の全部又は一部を受けることを指示するものとする。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-1 When the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office issues a Pocketbook, the Chief is to instruct the person receiving the Pocketbook to receive all or part of the measures listed in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article based on the plan referred to in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "measures to promote employment") during the validity period of the Pocketbook, according to the person's knowledge, skills, work experience, and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所長は、手帳の発給を受けた者について当該手帳の有効期間を延長するときは、改めて、その延長された有効期間中就職促進の措置の全部又は一部を受けることを指示するものとする。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-2 Upon extending the validity period of a Pocketbook for a person who has received it, the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to again, instruct the person to receive all or part of the measures to promote employment during the extended validity period of a Pocketbook. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公共職業安定所長は、前二項の指示を受けた者の就職促進の措置の効果を高めるために必要があると認めたときは、その者に対する指示を変更することができる。 art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-3 When the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary to increase the effectiveness of measures to promote employment for a person who has received the instructions referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the Chief may modify the instructions issued to the person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-1: 前条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-25/par-1 - art-26/par-3: 前二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-2 - art-26/par-3: 前二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十六条第三項（公共職業安定所長の指示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-3 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項（関係機関等の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27/par-1 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（関係機関等の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十八条第一項（手当の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-28/par-1 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十条第一項（報告の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-30/par-1 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十三条第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-33/par-1 --- ## 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