# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第三章の二 (Chapter 3-2) - 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: 第三章の二 (Chapter 3-2) — address `ch-3-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/ch-3-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/ch-3-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第三章の二　労働者の募集 — Chapter III-2 Worker Recruitment heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/ch-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/ch-3-2 ### 第三十六条（委託募集） — (Entrustment of Recruitment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36 **第一項** 労働者を雇用しようとする者が、その被用者以外の者をして報酬を与えて労働者の募集に従事させようとするときは、厚生労働大臣の許可を受けなければならない。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 If a person seeking to employ workers seeks to provide a person, who is not their employee, with compensation and have that person recruit workers for them, they must obtain a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の報酬の額については、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-2 The amount of the compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph must receive prior approval from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 労働者を雇用しようとする者が、その被用者以外の者をして報酬を与えることなく労働者の募集に従事させようとするときは、その旨を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-3 If a person seeking to employ workers have a person not constituting their employee recruit workers for them without providing that person with compensation, they must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十七条（募集の制限） — (Restrictions on Recruitment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は公共職業安定所長は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、労働力の需要供給を調整するため特に必要があるときは、労働者の募集（前条第一項の規定によるものを除く。）に関し、募集時期、募集人員、募集地域その他募集方法について、理由を付して制限することができる。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37/par-1 If it is particularly necessary to do so in order to balance workforce supply and demand, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the chiefs of public employment security offices, as it concerns worker recruitment (excluding recruitment under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article), may limit the timing of recruitment, the number of persons to be recruited, the recruitment area, and other aspects of recruiting methods, providing the reasons therefor, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の規定によつて労働者の募集を許可する場合においては、労働者の募集を行おうとする者に対し、募集時期、募集人員、募集地域その他募集方法に関し必要な指示をすることができる。 art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37/par-2 When granting a license for worker recruitment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare may provide the person seeking to conduct worker recruitment with the necessary instructions concerning the timing of recruitment, the number of persons to be recruited, the recruitment area, and other matters concerning recruiting methods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十八条 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-38 **第一項** 削除 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-38/par-1 Deleted Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十九条（報酬受領の禁止） — (Prohibition against Receipt of Compensation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-39 **第一項** 労働者の募集を行う者及び第三十六条第一項又は第三項の規定により労働者の募集に従事する者（以下「募集受託者」という。）は、募集に応じた労働者から、その募集に関し、いかなる名義でも、報酬を受けてはならない。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-39/par-1 It is prohibited for a person recruiting workers or a person who is engaged in recruiting workers pursuant to the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (1) or (3) (hereinafter referred to as a "commissioned recruiter") to receive any compensation in connection with its recruitment, under any name, from a worker that has responded to a recruitment invitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十条（報酬の供与の禁止） — (Prohibition against Giving Compensation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-40 **第一項** 労働者の募集を行う者は、その被用者で当該労働者の募集に従事するもの又は募集受託者に対し、賃金、給料その他これらに準ずるものを支払う場合又は第三十六条第二項の認可に係る報酬を与える場合を除き、報酬を与えてはならない。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-40/par-1 A person recruiting workers must not compensate an employee who is engaged in recruiting workers or a commissioned recruiter, except when paying wages, salaries, or the equivalent or when providing compensation to which the approval referred to in Article 36, paragraph (2) pertains. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十一条（許可の取消し等） — (Revocation of Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-41 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第三十六条第一項の許可を受けて労働者の募集を行う者又は同項の規定により労働者の募集に従事する者がこの法律若しくは労働者派遣法（第三章第四節の規定を除く。次項において同じ。）の規定又はこれらの規定に基づく命令若しくは処分に違反したときは、同項の許可を取り消し、又は期間を定めて当該労働者の募集の業務の停止を命ずることができる。 art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-41/par-1 If a person recruiting workers under the license referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1), or a person engaged in recruiting workers pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, violates a provision of this Act or the Worker Dispatching Act (excluding the provisions of Chapter 3, Section 4; the same applies in the following paragraph) or an order or disposition based on its provisions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may revoke the license referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1), or order the suspension of its worker recruitment operations for a designated period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、第三十六条第三項の届出をして労働者の募集を行う者又は同項の規定により労働者の募集に従事する者がこの法律若しくは労働者派遣法の規定又はこれらの規定に基づく命令若しくは処分に違反したときは、当該労働者の募集の業務の廃止を命じ、又は期間を定めて当該労働者の募集の業務の停止を命ずることができる。 art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-41/par-2 If a person who is recruiting workers after having filed a notification as referred to in Article 36, paragraph (3), or a person who is engaged in recruiting workers pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph violates a provision of this Act or the Worker Dispatching Act or an order or disposition based on its provisions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the discontinuance of the worker recruitment operations, or order the suspension thereof for a designated period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十二条（労働者の募集を行う者等の責務） — (Responsibilities of Persons Recruiting Workers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42 **第一項** 労働者の募集を行う者及び募集受託者は、労働者の適切な職業の選択に資するため、それぞれ、その業務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。 art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42/par-1 A person recruiting workers and a commissioned recruiter must each endeavor, in administering their operations, to take the measures necessary to improve those operations, in order to contribute to workers' appropriate occupational choices. machine translation, not official ### 第四十二条の二（準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42-2 **第一項** 第二十条の規定は、労働者の募集について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「公共職業安定所」とあるのは「労働者の募集を行う者（厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。次項において同じ。）及び募集受託者（第三十九条に規定する募集受託者をいう。同項において同じ。）」と、「事業所に、求職者を紹介してはならない」とあるのは「事業所における就業を内容とする労働者の募集をしてはならない」と、同条第二項中「求職者を無制限に紹介する」とあるのは「労働者を無制限に募集する」と、「公共職業安定所は当該事業所に対し、求職者を紹介してはならない」とあるのは「公共職業安定所は、その旨を労働者の募集を行う者及び募集受託者に通報するものとし、当該通報を受けた労働者の募集を行う者又は募集受託者は、当該事業所における就業を内容とする労働者の募集をしてはならない」と、同項ただし書中「紹介する」とあるのは「募集する」と読み替えるものとする。 art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 20 apply mutatis mutandis to worker recruitment. In such a case, in paragraph (1) of that Article, the phrase "a public employment security office" is deemed to be replaced with "persons that conduct worker recruitment (excluding persons prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies in the following paragraph) and commissioned recruiters (which mean commissioned recruiters provided in Article 39; the same applies in said paragraph)" and the phrase "must not refer job seekers to a place of business" is deemed to be replaced with "must not recruit workers to work at a place of business"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "unrestricted referral of job seekers" is deemed to be replaced with "unrestricted recruitment of workers" and the phrase "the public employment security office must not refer job seekers to that place of business" is deemed to be replaced with "the public employment security office must report this to persons recruiting workers and commissioned recruiters, and those persons recruiting workers and commissioned recruiters, upon receipt of that report, must not recruit workers to work at that place of business," and the term "referral" in the proviso to that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "recruitment". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十三条（施行規定） — (Provisions on Implementation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-43 **第一項** 労働者の募集に関する許可の申請手続その他労働者の募集に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令でこれを定める。 art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-43/par-1 The procedure for applying for a license for worker recruitment and other necessary particulars related to worker recruitment are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 - art-37/par-1: 前条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 - art-37/par-2: 前条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 - art-39/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 - art-39/par-1: 第三項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-3 - art-40/par-1: 第三十六条第二項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第二項 (Article 36, paragraph (2)), art-36/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-2 - art-41/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-1 - art-41/par-1: 次項 → 職業安定法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-41/par-2 - art-41/par-2: 第三十六条第三項 → 職業安定法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-36/par-3 - art-42-2/par-1: 第二十条 → 職業安定法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20 - art-42-2/par-1: 同条第一項 → 職業安定法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20/par-1 - art-42-2/par-1: 次項 → 職業安定法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-20/par-2 - art-42-2/par-1: 第三十九条 → 職業安定法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-39 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch employment-security-act-20261017T220554-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17