# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第六十八条 (Article 68)

- 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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（保険料） — address `art-68`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68
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### 第六十八条（保険料） — (Premiums)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68</sup>

**第一項**  雇用保険事業に要する費用に充てるため政府が徴収する保険料については、徴収法の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68/par-1</sup>
The premiums to be collected by the government for the purpose of allocating them for covering the expenses necessary for the employment insurance services are as specified by the provisions of the Premiums Collection Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の保険料のうち、一般保険料徴収額から当該一般保険料徴収額に育児休業給付率を乗じて得た額及び当該一般保険料徴収額に二事業率を乗じて得た額の合計額を減じた額並びに印紙保険料の額に相当する額の合計額は、失業等給付及び就職支援法事業に要する費用に充てるものとし、一般保険料徴収額に育児休業給付率を乗じて得た額は、育児休業給付に要する費用に充てるものとし、一般保険料徴収額に二事業率を乗じて得た額は、雇用安定事業及び能力開発事業（第六十三条に規定するものに限る。）に要する費用に充てるものとする。
<sup>art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68/par-2</sup>
Of the premiums referred to in the preceding paragraph, the total of the amount equivalent to the stamp premiums amount added to the amount obtained by deducting the total of the amount obtained by multiplying the general premiums amount collected by the childcare leave-related benefits rate and the amount obtained by multiplying the general premiums amount collected by the two-program rate from the general premiums amount collected, is to be allocated for covering the necessary expenses for benefits for unemployment, etc. and programs for supporting specified job seekers, the amount obtained by multiplying the general premiums amount collected by the childcare leave-related benefits rate is to be allocated for covering the necessary expenses for childcare leave-related benefits, and the amount obtained by multiplying the general premiums amount collected by the two-program rate is to be allocated for covering the necessary expenses for employment stabilization programs and for human resources development programs (limited to those prescribed in Article 63).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-68/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68/par-1
- art-68/par-2: 第六十三条 → 雇用保険法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-63

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法 第六十六条第三項第一号（国庫の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-66/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-66/par-3/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第六十六条第三項第三号（国庫の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-66/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-66/par-3/item-3
- 雇用保険法 第六十六条第三項第四号（国庫の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-66/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-66/par-3/item-4
- 雇用保険法 第六十六条第五項（国庫の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-66/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-66/par-5
- 雇用保険法 第六十八条第二項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-68/par-2

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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-20260929T170833-011, 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
