# 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 — 第五章 (Chapter 5) - 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/ch-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/ch-5 - 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. --- ## 第五章　定年退職者等に対する就業の機会の確保 — Chapter V Securing Employment Opportunities for Persons Who Have Mandatorily Retired heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/ch-5 ### 第三十六条（国及び地方公共団体の講ずる措置） — (Measures Taken by the National Government and Local Governments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-36 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、定年退職者その他の高年齢退職者の職業生活の充実その他福祉の増進に資するため、臨時的かつ短期的な就業又は次条第一項の軽易な業務に係る就業を希望するこれらの者について、就業に関する相談を実施し、その希望に応じた就業の機会を提供する団体を育成し、その他その就業の機会の確保のために必要な措置を講ずるように努めるものとする。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-36/par-1 The national and local governments will strive to provide consultations regarding employment to elderly retirees, including those who have reached the mandatory retirement age, who wish to engage in temporary short-term employment or light tasks as provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article; foster organizations providing employment opportunities to meet such wishes; and take other necessary measures in order to secure other opportunities for their employment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36/par-1: 次条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-37/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