# 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 — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（雇用に関する国及び地方公共団体の義務等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3351-123/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三条（雇用に関する国及び地方公共団体の義務等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Related to the Obligations of the National and Local Governments Related to Employment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3351-123/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第三十八条の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条第一項中「当該機関の職員の総数」とあるのは、「当該機関の職員の総数（対象障害者が就業することが困難であると認められる職種の職員が相当の割合を占める機関として政令で定める機関（以下「除外率設定機関」という。）にあつては、当該除外率設定機関の職員の総数から、当該除外率設定機関における職員の総数に当該除外率設定機関に係る除外率（九十五パーセント以内において政令で定める率をいう。）を乗じて得た数（その数に一人未満の端数があるときは、その端数は、切り捨てる。）を控除した数）」とする。
<sup>suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1</sup>
Until otherwise provided for by law, to apply the provisions of Article 38, the phrase "the total number of employees of that organization" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to read "the total number of employees of that organization (or, for an organization provided for by Cabinet Order as one at which a considerable percentage of the employees are in occupations that it is found to be difficult for qualifying disabled persons to work in (hereinafter referred to as an "organization for which an exclusion rate is established"), the number arrived at when the total number of employees of that organization is multiplied by the exclusion rate for that organization (meaning the rate of not more than 95% provided for by Cabinet Order) (any part of the number so calculated representing less than one full person is disregarded) and then the product is deducted from the total number of employees of that organization)".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第四十三条の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条第一項中「その雇用する労働者の数」とあるのは「その雇用する労働者の数（除外率設定業種（対象障害者が就業することが困難であると認められる職種の労働者が相当の割合を占める業種として厚生労働省令で定める業種をいう。以下同じ。）に属する事業を行う事業所の事業主にあつては、その雇用する労働者の数から、当該事業所に係る除外率設定業種ごとの労働者の数に当該除外率設定業種に係る除外率（除外率設定業種に係る労働者のうちに当該職種の労働者が通常占める割合を考慮して除外率設定業種ごとに九十五パーセント以内において厚生労働省令で定める率をいう。以下同じ。）を乗じて得た数（その数に一人未満の端数があるときは、その端数は、切り捨てる。）を合計した数を控除した数。第七項及び第七十八条第二項において同じ。）」と、同条第二項中「総数に」とあるのは「総数から除外率設定業種ごとの労働者の総数に当該除外率設定業種に係る除外率を乗じて得た数の合計数を控除した数に」とする。
<sup>suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2</sup>
Until otherwise provided for by law, to apply the provisions of Article 43, the phrase "the number of workers it employs" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to read "the number of workers it employs (or, for the employer of a place of business carrying out operations that belong to a business type for which an exclusion rate is established (meaning a business type provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one in which a considerable percentage of the workers are in occupations that it is found difficult for qualifying disabled persons to work in; the same applies hereinafter), the number arrived at when the number of workers in each business type for which exclusion rate is set at that place of business is multiplied by the exclusion rate for that business type (meaning the rate of not more than 95% provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the proportion of the workers in the business type for which the exclusion rate is set that workers in the relevant occupations ordinarily account for; the same applies hereinafter) (any part of the number so calculated representing less than one full person is disregarded) and then the product is deducted from the total number of workers it employs; the same applies in paragraph (7) and Article 78, paragraph (2))"; and "the total number of workers" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to read "the number arrived at when the numbers of workers in each type of business for which an exclusion rate has been set are multiplied by the exclusion rates for those types of business, and the sum of these is deducted from the total number of workers".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する第三十八条の政令及び前項の規定により読み替えて適用する第四十三条の厚生労働省令は、除外率設定機関及び除外率設定業種における対象障害者の雇用の状況、障害者が職業に就くことを容易にする技術革新の進展の状況その他の事項を考慮し、当該政令及び厚生労働省令で定める率が段階的に縮小されるように制定され、及び改正されるものとする。
<sup>suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3</sup>
The Cabinet Order referred to in Article 38 as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), and the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 43 as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are to be enacted and amended so that the rates set by the Cabinet Order and Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are diminished gradually, in consideration of the extent of employment of qualifying disabled persons in the organizations for which an exclusion rate is set and business types for which an exclusion rate is set, the extent of development of technological innovations that makes it easier for persons with disabilities to find employment, and other matters.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1: 第三十八条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-38
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1: 同条第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-38/par-1
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2: 第四十三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2: 同条第一項 → 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
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2: 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
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2: 第七十八条第二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-78/par-2
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2: 同条第二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-2
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-1
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3: 第三十八条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-38
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-2
- suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3: 第四十三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43

## Cited by

2 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 第三十七条第二項（対象障害者の雇用に関する事業主の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-37/par-2
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第三項（雇用に関する国及び地方公共団体の義務等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-3/par-3

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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
