# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22)

- Law: 雇用保険法 (Employment Insurance Act), 昭和四十九年法律第百十六号
- English title "Employment Insurance Act": 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（所定給付日数） — address `art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
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### 第二十二条（所定給付日数） — (Prescribed Duration of Benefits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22</sup>

    **第一項**  一の受給資格に基づき基本手当を支給する日数（以下「所定給付日数」という。）は、次の各号に掲げる受給資格者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日数とする。
    <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1</sup>
    The number of days for which the basic allowance is payable based on single recipient qualification (hereinafter referred to as the "prescribed duration of benefits") is to be the number of days specified in each of the following items in accordance with the classification of qualified recipients listed in the respective items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  算定基礎期間が二十年以上である受給資格者　百五十日
      <sup>art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1/item-1</sup>
      qualified recipients with a basic period for calculation of 20 years or more:150 days;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  算定基礎期間が十年以上二十年未満である受給資格者　百二十日
      <sup>art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1/item-2</sup>
      qualified recipients with a basic period for calculation of 10 years or more and less than 20 years:120 days; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  算定基礎期間が十年未満である受給資格者　九十日
      <sup>art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1/item-3</sup>
      qualified recipients with a basic period for calculation of less than 10 years:90 days.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の受給資格者で厚生労働省令で定める理由により就職が困難なものに係る所定給付日数は、同項の規定にかかわらず、その算定基礎期間が一年以上の受給資格者にあつては次の各号に掲げる当該受給資格者の区分に応じ当該各号に定める日数とし、その算定基礎期間が一年未満の受給資格者にあつては百五十日とする。
    <sup>art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prescribed duration of benefits for qualified recipients set forth in the preceding paragraph who have difficulty in finding employment for reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is to be the number of days specified in the following items in accordance with the classification of qualified recipients listed in those items for those with a basic period for calculation equal to or exceeding one year, and 150 days for those with a basic period for calculation of less than one year:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  基準日において四十五歳以上六十五歳未満である受給資格者　三百六十日
      <sup>art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2/item-1</sup>
      qualified recipients who are 45 years old or older and under 65 years old on the basis day:360 days; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  基準日において四十五歳未満である受給資格者　三百日
      <sup>art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2/item-2</sup>
      qualified recipients who are under 45 years old on the basis day:300 days.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前二項の算定基礎期間は、これらの規定の受給資格者が基準日まで引き続いて同一の事業主の適用事業に被保険者として雇用された期間（当該雇用された期間に係る被保険者となつた日前に被保険者であつたことがある者については、当該雇用された期間と当該被保険者であつた期間を通算した期間）とする。ただし、当該期間に次の各号に掲げる期間が含まれているときは、当該各号に掲げる期間に該当する全ての期間を除いて算定した期間とする。
    <sup>art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3</sup>
    The basic period for calculation referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is to be the period in which a qualified recipient specified in those provisions has been employed as an insured person in a covered undertaking by the same employer continuously until the basis day (for a person who had at one time been an insured person before the person became an insured person pertaining to the employment period, the total of that employment period and the period for which they were the insured person); provided, however, that in the case where the period includes periods listed in the following items, the period is to be that calculated by excluding all the periods falling under the periods listed in those respective items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  当該雇用された期間又は当該被保険者であつた期間に係る被保険者となつた日の直前の被保険者でなくなつた日が当該被保険者となつた日前一年の期間内にないときは、当該直前の被保険者でなくなつた日前の被保険者であつた期間
      <sup>art-22/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3/item-1</sup>
      when the employment period or the day on which a person most recently ceased to be an insured person immediately preceding the day on which the person became an insured person pertaining to the insured period, is not within the one-year period preceding the day on which the person became an insured person, the insured period preceding that immediately preceding the day on which the person most recently ceased to be an insured person; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  当該雇用された期間に係る被保険者となつた日前に基本手当又は特例一時金の支給を受けたことがある者については、これらの給付の受給資格又は第三十九条第二項に規定する特例受給資格に係る離職の日以前の被保険者であつた期間
      <sup>art-22/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3/item-2</sup>
      for those who had received the basic allowance or a special lump sum payment before the day on which they became insured persons pertaining to the employment period, the period during which they were insured persons before the day of their separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for these benefits or to the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  教育訓練休暇給付金の支給を受けたことがある者については、第六十条の三第一項に規定する休暇開始日前の被保険者であつた期間及び当該給付金の支給に係る休暇の期間
      <sup>art-22/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3/item-3</sup>
      for those who have received payment of educational training leave benefits, the period during which they were insured persons before the leave commencement day prescribed in Article 60-3, paragraph (1) and the period of the leave for which those benefits were paid; and
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **四**  育児休業給付金又は出生時育児休業給付金の支給を受けたことがある者については、これらの給付金の支給に係る休業の期間
      <sup>art-22/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3/item-4</sup>
      for those who have received payment of childcare leave benefits or parental leave benefits, the period of the leave for which those benefits were paid.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第四項**  一の被保険者であつた期間に関し、被保険者となつた日が第九条の規定による被保険者となつたことの確認があつた日の二年前の日より前であるときは、当該確認のあつた日の二年前の日に当該被保険者となつたものとみなして、前項の規定による算定を行うものとする。
    <sup>art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-4</sup>
    With regard to a single insured period, if the day on which a person became an insured person was before the day two years preceding the day on which confirmation of the person's status as an insured person was made pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, the calculations under the preceding paragraph are to be carried out by deeming that the person has become an insured person on the day two years preceding the day of the confirmation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第五項**  次に掲げる要件のいずれにも該当する者（第一号に規定する事実を知つていた者を除く。）に対する前項の規定の適用については、同項中「当該確認のあつた日の二年前の日」とあるのは、「次項第二号に規定する被保険者の負担すべき額に相当する額がその者に支払われた賃金から控除されていたことが明らかである時期のうち最も古い時期として厚生労働省令で定める日」とする。
    <sup>art-22/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5</sup>
    With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a person who satisfies all of the following requirements (excluding a person who knew of the fact prescribed in item (i)), the phrase "the day two years preceding the day of the confirmation" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as the earliest time at which it is evident that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person prescribed in item (ii) of the following paragraph had been deducted from the wages paid to that person".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  その者に係る第七条の規定による届出がされていなかつたこと。
      <sup>art-22/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5/item-1</sup>
      the notification under the provisions of Article 7 had not been made with regard to the person; and
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  厚生労働省令で定める書類に基づき、第九条の規定による被保険者となつたことの確認があつた日の二年前の日より前に徴収法第三十二条第一項の規定により被保険者の負担すべき額に相当する額がその者に支払われた賃金から控除されていたことが明らかである時期があること。
      <sup>art-22/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5/item-2</sup>
      there is a time before the day two years preceding the day on which it was confirmed pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 that the person had become an insured person, at which it is evident, based on the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person had been deducted from the wages paid to the person pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Premiums Collection Act.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-22/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 前二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 前二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2
- art-22/par-3/item-2: 第三十九条第二項 → 雇用保険法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-39/par-2
- art-22/par-3/item-3: 第六十条の三第一項 → 雇用保険法 第六十条の三第一項 (Article 60-3, paragraph (1)), art-60-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-3/par-1
- art-22/par-4: 第九条 → 雇用保険法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-9
- art-22/par-4: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3
- art-22/par-5: 第一号 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第五項第一号 (Article 22, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-22/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5/item-1
- art-22/par-5: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第四項 (Article 22, paragraph (4)), art-22/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-4
- art-22/par-5: 次項第二号 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第五項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (5), item (ii)), art-22/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5/item-2
- art-22/par-5/item-1: 第七条 → 雇用保険法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-7
- art-22/par-5/item-2: 第九条 → 雇用保険法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-9
- art-22/par-5/item-2: 徴収法第三十二条第一項 → 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-32/par-1

## Cited by

29 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 第二十六条第一項（特例納付保険料の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-26/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の四第一項第二号（繰上げ支給の老齢厚生年金と基本手当等との調整） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-7-4/par-1/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第十四条第二項第二号（被保険者期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-14/par-2/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項（支給の期間及び日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項第二号（支給の期間及び日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十二条第二項（所定給付日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十二条第三項（所定給付日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第二十二条第四項（所定給付日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-4
- 雇用保険法 第二十二条第五項（所定給付日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-5
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第一項（個別延長給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第二項（個別延長給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24-2/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第三十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-33/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第三十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-34/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条の四第三項（高年齢求職者給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37-4/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条の四第四項（高年齢求職者給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37-4/par-4
- 雇用保険法 第五十六条第三項（日雇労働被保険者であつた者に係る被保険者期間等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第五十六条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-56-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-56-2/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の二第三項（教育訓練給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-2/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の三第一項第二号（教育訓練休暇給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-3/par-1/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の三第六項（教育訓練休暇給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-3/par-6
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の四第一項（特定教育訓練休暇給付金受給者に対する失業等給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-4/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の五第四項（給付制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-5/par-4
- 雇用保険法 第六十一条第一項第一号（高年齢雇用継続基本給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-61/par-1/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第六十一条の二第一項（高年齢再就職給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-61-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第七十二条第一項（労働政策審議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-72/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第四条第一項（基本手当の支給に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-4/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第五条第一項（給付日数の延長に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-1

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