# 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 — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（関係機関等の責務） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条（関係機関等の責務） — (Responsibilities of the Relevant Organizations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27 **第一項** 職業安定機関、地方公共団体及び独立行政法人高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構（第四十九条第二項及び第三項において「機構」という。）は、前条第一項又は第二項の指示を受けた者の就職促進の措置の円滑な実施を図るため、相互に密接に連絡し、及び協力するように努めなければならない。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27/par-1 The employment security agencies, local governments, and the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers (referred to as the "Organization" in Article 49, paragraphs (2) and (3)) must strive to liaise closely and cooperate to ensure the smooth implementation of measures to promote employment for persons receiving the instructions referred to in paragraphs (1) or (2) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項又は第二項の指示を受けた者は、その就職促進の措置の実施に当たる職員の指導又は指示に従うとともに、自ら進んで、速やかに職業に就くように努めなければならない。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-27/par-2 A person who has received the instructions referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article must follow the guidance or instructions of the official who is implementing the measures to promote employment and also must strive to promptly find employment on their own initiative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1: 第三項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-49/par-3 - art-27/par-1: 第四十九条第二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-49/par-2 - art-27/par-1: 第二項 → 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-27/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 - art-27/par-2: 第二項 → 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-27/par-2: 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 --- ## 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