# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第四十五条の二 (Article 45-2)

- Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号
- English title "Employment Security 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: 第四十五条の二 (Article 45-2)（労働者供給事業者の責務） — address `art-45-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-45-2
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### 第四十五条の二（労働者供給事業者の責務） — (Responsibilities of Providers of Worker Supply Service)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45-2</sup>

**第一項**  労働者供給事業者は、労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整に資するため、当該事業の運営に当たつては、その改善向上を図るために必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-45-2/par-1</sup>
In operating its services, a provider of worker supply service must endeavor to take the necessary measures to improve its services in order to contribute to the appropriate and smooth coordination of workforce supply and demand.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 職業安定法 第四十六条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-46/par-1
- 職業安定法 第四十八条第一項（指針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
