# 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 — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

- 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（特定地域における措置） — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-31
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### 第三十一条（特定地域における措置） — (Measures in Specified Areas)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-31</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、特定地域に居住する中高年齢失業者等について、職業紹介、職業訓練等の実施、就業の機会の増大を図るための事業の実施その他これらの者の雇用を促進するため必要な事項に関する計画を作成し、その計画に基づき必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
  <sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-31/par-1</sup>
  With regard to middle-aged and elderly unemployed persons and other persons residing in specified areas, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to formulate a plan relating to the implementation of employment placements and vocational and other training, implementation of projects designed to increase employment opportunities, and other particulars necessary to promote the employment of the persons, and is also to establish necessary measures based on this plan.
  <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