# 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 — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — address `art-44` - 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-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十四条（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — (Special Provisions for Workers Employed by Subsidiaries) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44 **第一項** 特定の株式会社（第四十五条の三第一項の認定に係る組合員たる事業主であるものを除く。）と厚生労働省令で定める特殊の関係のある事業主で、当該事業主及び当該株式会社（以下「子会社」という。）の申請に基づいて当該子会社について次に掲げる基準に適合する旨の厚生労働大臣の認定を受けたもの（以下「親事業主」という。）に係る前条第一項及び第七項の規定の適用については、当該子会社が雇用する労働者は当該親事業主のみが雇用する労働者と、当該子会社の事業所は当該親事業主の事業所とみなす。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1 To apply the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (7) of the preceding Article to an employer that has a special connection provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to a specific stock company (excluding an employer that is a member associated with a certification as referred to in Article 45-3, paragraph (1)), and that, based on the application of the employer and the relevant stock company (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary"), has had it certified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare that the subsidiary conforms to the following criteria (hereinafter referred to as a "parent employer"), the workers that the subsidiary employs are deemed to be workers that the parent employer solely employs, and the subsidiary's places of business are deemed to be the parent employer's places of business: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該子会社の行う事業と当該事業主の行う事業との人的関係が緊密であること。 art-44/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-1 the same persons are closely connected with both the business that the subsidiary does and the business that the parent employer does; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該子会社が雇用する対象障害者である労働者の数及びその数の当該子会社が雇用する労働者の総数に対する割合が、それぞれ、厚生労働大臣が定める数及び率以上であること。 art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-2 the number of qualifying disabled workers that the subsidiary employs is at least the number provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and that number as a proportion of the total number of workers the subsidiary employs is at least the percentage provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該子会社がその雇用する対象障害者である労働者の雇用管理を適正に行うに足りる能力を有するものであること。 art-44/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-3 the subsidiary is sufficiently able to appropriately carry out personnel management for the qualifying disabled workers it employs; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、当該子会社の行う事業において、当該子会社が雇用する重度身体障害者又は重度知的障害者その他の対象障害者である労働者の雇用の促進及びその雇用の安定が確実に達成されると認められること。 art-44/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-4 other than as set forth in the preceding two items, it is recognized that, in the business that the subsidiary does, there is sure to be success in facilitating the employment of qualifying disabled workers that the subsidiary employs, including workers with severe physical or intellectual disabilities, and in stabilizing employment for them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第二号の労働者の総数の算定に当たつては、短時間労働者は、その一人をもつて、厚生労働省令で定める数の労働者に相当するものとみなす。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-2 When the total number of workers referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is calculated, each part-time worker is deemed to constitute the number of workers that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項第二号の対象障害者である労働者の数の算定に当たつては、対象障害者である短時間労働者は、その一人をもつて、厚生労働省令で定める数の対象障害者である労働者に相当するものとみなす。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-3 When the number of qualifying disabled workers referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) is calculated, each part-time qualifying disabled worker is deemed to constitute the number of qualifying disabled workers that is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による認定をした後において、親事業主が同項に定める特殊の関係についての要件を満たさなくなつたとき若しくは事業を廃止したとき、又は当該認定に係る子会社について同項各号に掲げる基準に適合しなくなつたと認めるときは、当該認定を取り消すことができる。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-4 If, after the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare grants a certification under the provisions of paragraph (1), the parent employer comes to no longer meet the requirements for the special connection provided for in that paragraph or discontinues its business operations, or the Minister finds that the subsidiary associated with the certification no longer meets the criteria set forth in the items of that paragraph, the Minister may revoke the certification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 第四十五条の三第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条の三第一項 (Article 45-3, paragraph (1)), art-45-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45-3/par-1 - art-44/par-1: 前条第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - art-44/par-1: 第七項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条第七項 (Article 43, paragraph (7)), art-43/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-7 - art-44/par-1/item-4: 前二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項第二号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-44/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-2 - art-44/par-1/item-4: 前二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項第三号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-44/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-3 - art-44/par-2: 前項第二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項第二号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-44/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-2 - art-44/par-3: 第一項第二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項第二号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-44/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-2 - art-44/par-4: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1 ## Cited by 11 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 第四十四条第一項第四号（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-1/item-4 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第二項（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第三項（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-3 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十四条第四項（子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-44/par-4 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45/par-3 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条の二第二項（関係子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45-2/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条の二第七項（関係子会社に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45-2/par-7 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条の三第一項（特定事業主に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45-3/par-1 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十五条の三第四項（特定事業主に雇用される労働者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-45-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-45-3/par-4 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十条第一項（雇用義務に係る規定の特定短時間労働者についての適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-70/par-1 --- ## 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