# 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 — 第五十二条 (Article 52) - 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（雇用状況等の報告） — address `art-52` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条（雇用状況等の報告） — (Reporting of Employment Conditions, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52 **第一項** 事業主は、毎年一回、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、定年、継続雇用制度、六十五歳以上継続雇用制度及び創業支援等措置の状況その他高年齢者の就業の機会の確保に関する状況を厚生労働大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52/par-1 An employer must prepare and submit a report once a year to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning the circumstances surrounding the mandatory retirement age, the continuous employment system, the continuous employment system for persons 65 years of age or older, the measures for start-up support and other assistance and other particulars related to securing job opportunities for elderly persons pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の毎年一回の報告のほか、この法律を施行するために必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業主に対し、同項に規定する状況について必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52/par-2 In addition to the annual report referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare deems it necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request an employer to submit reports on necessary particulars concerning the circumstances provided for in the paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52/par-1 ## Cited by 3 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 第七条第二項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-7/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十条の二第一項第二号（高年齢者就業確保措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-10-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-10-2/par-1/item-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十二条第二項（雇用状況等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-52/par-2 --- ## 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