# 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 — 第八条 (Article 8)

- 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
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- Provision: 第八条 (Article 8)（定年を定める場合の年齢） — address `art-8`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
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### 第八条（定年を定める場合の年齢） — (Cases Where the Age of the Mandatory Retirement Age Is Fixed)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  事業主がその雇用する労働者の定年（以下単に「定年」という。）の定めをする場合には、当該定年は、六十歳を下回ることができない。ただし、当該事業主が雇用する労働者のうち、高年齢者が従事することが困難であると認められる業務として厚生労働省令で定める業務に従事している労働者については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-8/par-1</sup>
If an employer establishes a mandatory retirement age for workers they employ (hereinafter referred to as the "mandatory retirement age"), the mandatory retirement age must not be set below 60 years of age; provided, however, that this does not apply to workers employed by the employer who engage in work that has been deemed difficult for elderly persons to perform by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<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