# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53)

- 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（日雇労働求職者給付金の特例） — address `art-53`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53
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### 第五十三条（日雇労働求職者給付金の特例） — (Special Provisions Concerning the Job Applicant Benefits for Day Workers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53</sup>

  **第一項**  日雇労働被保険者が失業した場合において、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、その者は、公共職業安定所長に申し出て、次条に定める日雇労働求職者給付金の支給を受けることができる。
  <sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1</sup>
  If an insured day worker has become unemployed and the worker falls under all of the following items, they may notify to that effect to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office and receive payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers prescribed in the following Article:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  継続する六月間に当該日雇労働被保険者について印紙保険料が各月十一日分以上、かつ、通算して七十八日分以上納付されていること。
    <sup>art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1/item-1</sup>
    stamp premiums have been paid to the insured day worker for 11 days or more in each month and for 78 days or more in total during six consecutive months;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  前号に規定する継続する六月間（以下「基礎期間」という。）のうち後の五月間に第四十五条の規定による日雇労働求職者給付金の支給を受けていないこと。
    <sup>art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the person has not received payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers under the provisions of Article 45 during the last five months out of the six consecutive months referred to in the preceding item (hereinafter referred to as the "basis period"); and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  基礎期間の最後の月の翌月以後二月間（申出をした日が当該二月の期間内にあるときは、同日までの間）に第四十五条の規定による日雇労働求職者給付金の支給を受けていないこと。
    <sup>art-53/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the person has not received payment of the job applicant benefits for day workers under the provisions of Article 45 during the period of two months from the month following the last month of the basis period (when the date the notification was made falls within the two month period, the period up to that date).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の申出は、基礎期間の最後の月の翌月以後四月の期間内に行わなければならない。
  <sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-2</sup>
  The notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must be made within the period of four months from the month following the last month of the basis period.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-53/par-1: 次条 → 雇用保険法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-54
- art-53/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 雇用保険法 第五十三条第一項第一号 (Article 53, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-53/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1/item-1
- art-53/par-1/item-2: 第四十五条 → 雇用保険法 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-45
- art-53/par-1/item-3: 第四十五条 → 雇用保険法 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-45
- art-53/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1

## Cited by

8 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 附則第八条第三項（日雇労働求職者給付金の日額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/suppl-3591-54/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/suppl-3591-54/art-8/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第五十三条第一項第二号（日雇労働求職者給付金の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-1/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十三条第二項（日雇労働求職者給付金の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-53/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-54/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-55/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第五十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-55/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第五十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-55/par-3
- 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

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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
- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
