# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第三十二条 (Article 32)

- 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（給付制限） — address `art-32`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32
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### 第三十二条（給付制限） — (Restriction on Benefits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32</sup>

    **第一項**  受給資格者（訓練延長給付、個別延長給付、広域延長給付又は全国延長給付を受けている者を除く。以下この条において同じ。）が、公共職業安定所の紹介する職業に就くこと又は公共職業安定所長の指示した公共職業訓練等を受けることを拒んだときは、その拒んだ日から起算して一箇月間は、基本手当を支給しない。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1</sup>
    If a qualified recipient (excluding one who is receiving the training extended benefits, individual extended benefits, wide area extended benefits, or national extended benefits; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) has refused to take up the employment which has been referred to by the Public Employment Security Office or to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, the basic allowance is not to be paid for one month as from the date of the refusal; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case where the person falls under any of the following items:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  紹介された職業又は公共職業訓練等を受けることを指示された職種が、受給資格者の能力からみて不適当であると認められるとき。
      <sup>art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1/item-1</sup>
      when it is found that the occupation to which the qualified recipient has been referred, or the type of occupation for which they have been directed to take public vocational training, etc. is not appropriate in light of their abilities;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  就職するため、又は公共職業訓練等を受けるため、現在の住所又は居所を変更することを要する場合において、その変更が困難であると認められるとき。
      <sup>art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1/item-2</sup>
      when a change to the current domicile or residence would be required in order to take up the employment or take public vocational training, etc., and it is found that the change would be difficult;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  就職先の賃金が、同一地域における同種の業務及び同程度の技能に係る一般の賃金水準に比べて、不当に低いとき。
      <sup>art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1/item-3</sup>
      when the wage offered by the employer is unjustifiably low in comparison to the general wage level of work for the same degree of skill in the same kind of business in the same area;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  職業安定法第二十条（第二項ただし書を除く。）の規定に該当する事業所に紹介されたとき。
      <sup>art-32/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1/item-4</sup>
      when the recipient has been referred to a place of business that falls under the provisions of Article 20 (excluding the proviso of paragraph (2)) of the Employment Security Act; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  その他正当な理由があるとき。
      <sup>art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1/item-5</sup>
      when there is any other legitimate grounds.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  受給資格者が、正当な理由がなく、厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて公共職業安定所が行うその者の再就職を促進するために必要な職業指導を受けることを拒んだときは、その拒んだ日から起算して一箇月を超えない範囲内において公共職業安定所長の定める期間は、基本手当を支給しない。
    <sup>art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-2</sup>
    If a qualified recipient has refused, without legitimate grounds, to receive vocational guidance necessary for facilitating re-employment given by the Public Employment Security Office in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the basic allowance is not paid during the period specified by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office within a limit not exceeding one month calculated from the day of the refusal.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  受給資格者についての第一項各号のいずれかに該当するかどうかの認定及び前項に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかの認定は、公共職業安定所長が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つてするものとする。
    <sup>art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-3</sup>
    The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to certify whether a qualified recipient falls under any of the items of paragraph (1) and whether any legitimate grounds prescribed in the preceding paragraph exists, in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32/par-1: この条 → 雇用保険法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32
- art-32/par-1/item-4: 職業安定法第二十条 → 職業安定法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20
- art-32/par-1/item-4: 第二項 → 職業安定法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20/par-2
- art-32/par-3: 第一項 → 雇用保険法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1
- art-32/par-3: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法 第二十九条第一項（給付日数を延長した場合の給付制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-29/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第三十二条第一項（給付制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第三十二条第三項（給付制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-32/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第三十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-36/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37/par-5
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条の四第六項（高年齢求職者給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37-4/par-6
- 雇用保険法 第四十条第四項（特例一時金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-40/par-4
- 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 第七十九条の二第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-79-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-79-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第五条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-4
- 雇用保険法 附則第十一条の二第四項（教育訓練支援給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-11-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-11-2/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法 — the text in force from 2026-05-13 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/349AC0000000116/20260513_507AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-09-29
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3877/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-20260929T170833-003, translated 2026-09-30
- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
