# 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 — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（障害者雇用対策基本方針） — address `art-7` - 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-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条（障害者雇用対策基本方針） — (Basic Policy on Employment Measures for Persons with Disabilities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、障害者の雇用の促進及びその職業の安定に関する施策の基本となるべき方針（以下「障害者雇用対策基本方針」という。）を策定するものとする。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to formulate the policy that is to form the basis for measures to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and to achieve employment stability for them (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy for employment measures for persons with disabilities"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 障害者雇用対策基本方針に定める事項は、次のとおりとする。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2 The basic policy for employment measures for persons with disabilities establishes: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 障害者の就業の動向に関する事項 art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-1 particulars concerning trends in the employment of persons with disabilities; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 職業リハビリテーションの措置の総合的かつ効果的な実施を図るため講じようとする施策の基本となるべき事項 art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-2 particulars that will form the basis for measures that are to be taken to achieve comprehensive and effective implementation of vocational rehabilitation measures; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、障害者の雇用の促進及びその職業の安定を図るため講じようとする施策の基本となるべき事項 art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-3 particulars that will form the basis of measures that are to be taken to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities and achieve employment stability for them, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、障害者雇用対策基本方針を定めるに当たつては、あらかじめ、労働政策審議会の意見を聴くほか、都道府県知事の意見を求めるものとする。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-3 In advance of establishing the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to hear the opinions of the Labour Policy Council and seek the opinions of the prefectural governors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、障害者雇用対策基本方針を定めたときは、遅滞なく、その概要を公表しなければならない。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-4 Without delay after establishing the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must publicize a policy outline. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定は、障害者雇用対策基本方針の変更について準用する。 art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-5 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to amendments to the basic policy on employment measures for persons with disabilities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七条第二項第一号 (Article 7, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-7/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-1 - art-7/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七条第二項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-7/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-2 - art-7/par-5: 前二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 前二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-4 ## 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 第七条第二項第三号（障害者雇用対策基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-2/item-3 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七条第五項（障害者雇用対策基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-7/par-5 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五第二項（雇用の分野における障害者と障害者でない者との均等な機会の確保等に関する指針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5/par-2 --- ## 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