# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第三十四条 (Article 34)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（障害者に対する差別の禁止） — address `art-34`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-34
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-34
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### 第三十四条（障害者に対する差別の禁止） — (Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-34</sup>

**第一項**  事業主は、労働者の募集及び採用について、障害者に対して、障害者でない者と均等な機会を与えなければならない。
<sup>art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-34/par-1</sup>
In recruiting and hiring workers, an employer must give persons with disabilities equal opportunities to those they give to persons without disabilities.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条第一項（障害者に対する差別の禁止に関する指針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の六第一項（助言、指導及び勧告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-6/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十四条の五第一項（紛争の解決の促進に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-74-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-74-5/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十五条の三第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-85-3/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
