# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第三章 (Chapter 3)

- Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号
- English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三章 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3`
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## 第三章　事業主行動計画等 — Chapter III Employer Action Plan
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/ch-3</sup>

## 第一節　事業主行動計画策定指針 — Section 1 Guidelines on the Formulation of Employer Action Plan
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/ch-3/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/ch-3/sec-1</sup>

### 第七条
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣及び総務大臣は、事業主が女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組を総合的かつ効果的に実施することができるよう、基本方針に即して、次条第一項に規定する一般事業主行動計画及び第十九条第一項に規定する特定事業主行動計画（次項において「事業主行動計画」と総称する。）の策定に関する指針（以下「事業主行動計画策定指針」という。）を定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-1</sup>
  The Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must establish guidelines on the formulation of the general employer action plan prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the specified employer action plan prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) (collectively referred to as the "employer action plan" in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan") in line with the basic policy in order to enable employers to comprehensively and effectively implement initiatives concerning the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must establish guidelines on the formulation of the general employer action plan prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the specified employer action plan prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) (collectively referred to as the "employer action plan " in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan") in line with the basic policy in order to enable employers to comprehensively and effectively implement initiatives concerning the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  事業主行動計画策定指針においては、次に掲げる事項につき、事業主行動計画の指針となるべきものを定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2</sup>
  The guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan are to stipulate what should serve as a guide for the employer action plan with regard to the following particulars:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan are to stipulate what should serve as a guide for the employer action plan with regarding to the following particulars:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

    **一**  事業主行動計画の策定に関する基本的な事項
    <sup>art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-1</sup>
    basic particulars concerning the formulation of the employer action plan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容に関する事項
    <sup>art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-2</sup>
    particulars concerning the content of initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  その他女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する重要事項
    <sup>art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-3</sup>
    other important particulars concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣及び総務大臣は、事業主行動計画策定指針を定め、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-3</sup>
  When establishing or modifying the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan, the Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must publicize this without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 第二節　一般事業主行動計画等 — Section 2 General Employer Action Plan
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/ch-3/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/ch-3/sec-2</sup>

### 第八条（一般事業主行動計画の策定等） — (Formulation of the General Employer Action Plan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8</sup>

  **第一項**  国及び地方公共団体以外の事業主（以下「一般事業主」という。）であって、常時雇用する労働者の数が百人を超えるものは、事業主行動計画策定指針に即して、一般事業主行動計画（一般事業主が実施する女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する計画をいう。以下同じ。）を定め、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。これを変更したときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1</sup>
  Employers other than the national government and local governments (hereinafter referred to as "general employers") with over 100 regularly employed workers must establish a general employer action plan (meaning a plan concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life implemented by general employers; hereinafter the same applies) in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan, and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies upon making any modification to the plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Employers other than the national government and local governments (hereinafter referred to as "general employers") with over 100 regularly employed workers must establish a general employer action plan (meaning a plan concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life implemented by general employers; hereinafter the same applies) in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the general employer action plan, and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies upon making any modification to the plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  一般事業主行動計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-2</sup>
  The general employer action plan is to prescribe the following particulars:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  計画期間
    <sup>art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the planning period;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施により達成しようとする目標
    <sup>art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the goals to be achieved by implementing initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  実施しようとする女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容及びその実施時期
    <sup>art-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the content of the initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life which are planned to be implemented and their implementation period.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、採用した労働者に占める女性労働者の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異、労働時間の状況、管理的地位にある労働者に占める女性労働者の割合その他のその事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する状況を把握し、女性の職業生活における活躍を推進するために改善すべき事情について分析した上で、その結果を勘案して、これを定めなければならない。この場合において、前項第二号の目標については、採用する労働者に占める女性労働者の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異の縮小の割合、労働時間、管理的地位にある労働者に占める女性労働者の割合その他の数値を用いて定量的に定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-3</sup>
  When intending to establish or modify the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must ascertain the ratio of the number of women workers to the total number of workers they hired, gender differences in the number of years of continuous employment, the state of working hours, the ratio of women workers in managerial positions, and other factors in relation to women's active engagement in professional life in their businesses, analyze what can be changed to improve the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, and establish an action plan based on the analysis of the results, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, the goals set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be quantitatively prescribed using the ratio of the number of women workers to the total number of workers they hire, the ratio of reduction of difference in the number of years of continuous employment based on gender, working hours, and the ratio of women workers in managerial positions and other figures.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When intending to establish or modify the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must ascertain the ratio of the number of women workers to the total number of workers they employed, gender differences in the number of years of continuous employment, the state of working hours, the ratio of women workers in managerial positions, and other factors in relation to women's active engagement in professional life in their businesses, analyze what can be changed to improve the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, and establish an action plan based on the analysis of the results, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. In this case, the goals set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be quantitatively prescribed using the ratio of the number of women workers to the total number of workers they employ, the ratio of reduction of difference in the number of years of continuous employment based on gender, working hours, and the ratio of women workers in managerial positions and other figures." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画を定め、又は変更したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、これを労働者に周知させるための措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-4</sup>
  When establishing or modifying the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must take measures to publicize this among workers pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When establishing or modifying the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must take measures to publicize this among workers pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第五項**  第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画を定め、又は変更したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、これを公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-5</sup>
  When establishing or modifying the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must publicize this pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When establishing or modifying the general employer action plan, general employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must publicize this pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第六項**  第一項に規定する一般事業主は、一般事業主行動計画に基づく取組を実施するとともに、一般事業主行動計画に定められた目標を達成するよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-6</sup>
  General employers prescribed in paragraph (1) must implement initiatives based on the general employer action plan and endeavor to achieve the goals prescribed in the general employer action plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  一般事業主であって、常時雇用する労働者の数が百人以下のものは、事業主行動計画策定指針に即して、一般事業主行動計画を定め、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に届け出るよう努めなければならない。これを変更したときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-7</sup>
  General employers with 100 or less regularly employed workers must endeavor to establish a general employer action plan in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies upon making any modification to the plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "General employers with 100 or less regularly employed workers must endeavor to establish a general employer action plan in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies upon making any modification to the plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第八項**  第三項の規定は前項に規定する一般事業主が一般事業主行動計画を定め、又は変更しようとする場合について、第四項から第六項までの規定は前項に規定する一般事業主が一般事業主行動計画を定め、又は変更した場合について、それぞれ準用する。
  <sup>art-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-8</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (3) and the provisions of paragraphs (4) through (6) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which general employers prescribed in the preceding paragraph intend to establish or modify the general employer action plan, and cases in which general employers prescribed in the preceding paragraph established or modified the general employer action plan, respectively.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第九条（基準に適合する一般事業主の認定） — (Approval as General Employers that Conform to Standards)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項又は第七項の規定による届出をした一般事業主からの申請に基づき、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該事業主について、女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関し、当該取組の実施の状況が優良なものであることその他の厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合するものである旨の認定を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9/par-1</sup>
  Based on applications from general employers who notified the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, paragraph (1) or paragraph (7), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may certify those general employers as having implemented initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life that are appropriate and conform to other standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Based on applications from general employers who notified the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, paragraph (1) or paragraph (7), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may certify those general employers as having implemented initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life that are appropriate and conform to other standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

### 第十条（認定一般事業主の表示等） — (A Mark Indicating a Certified General Employer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-10</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の認定を受けた一般事業主（以下「認定一般事業主」という。）は、商品、役務の提供の用に供する物、商品又は役務の広告又は取引に用いる書類若しくは通信その他の厚生労働省令で定めるもの（次項及び第十四条第一項において「商品等」という。）に厚生労働大臣の定める表示を付することができる。
  <sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-10/par-1</sup>
  General employers who obtained the approval referred to in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "certified general employers") may affix a mark specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to goods, items for the provision of services, advertisements of goods or services or documents used for transactions, or communication and other goods and services specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as the "goods, etc.," in the following paragraph and Article 14, paragraph (1)).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  何人も、前項の規定による場合を除くほか、商品等に同項の表示又はこれと紛らわしい表示を付してはならない。
  <sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-10/par-2</sup>
  No person must affix a mark prescribed in the preceding paragraph or any other misleading mark to the goods, etc., in addition to the cases under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十一条（認定の取消し） — (Rescinding Approval as a General Employer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、認定一般事業主が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第九条の認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11/par-1</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind approval as a general employer referred to in Article 9 if a certified general employer falls under any of the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第九条に規定する基準に適合しなくなったと認めるとき。
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11/par-1/item-1</sup>
    cases when it is confirmed that a certified general employer no longer conforms to the standards prescribed in Article 9;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11/par-1/item-2</sup>
    cases in which a certified general employer violates this Act or orders under this Act;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "cases a certified general employer violates this Act or orders under this Act;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

    **三**  不正の手段により第九条の認定を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11/par-1/item-3</sup>
    cases in which approval under Article 9 has been obtained by wrongful means.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十二条（基準に適合する認定一般事業主の認定） — (Approval as Certified General Employers that Conform to Standards)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、認定一般事業主からの申請に基づき、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該事業主について、女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関し、当該事業主の策定した一般事業主行動計画に基づく取組を実施し、当該一般事業主行動計画に定められた目標を達成したこと、雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律（昭和四十七年法律第百十三号）第十三条第一項の規定に基づき講じている措置に関する情報を公表していること、同法第十九条に規定する業務を担当する者及び育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）第二十九条に規定する業務を担当する者を選任していること、当該女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施の状況が特に優良なものであることその他の厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合するものである旨の認定を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12/par-1</sup>
  Based on an application from a certified general employer, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may certify, with respect to initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, that the general employer has implemented initiatives under the general employer action plan formulated by the general employer and has achieved the goals set forth in that general employer action plan; that the general employer has published information on the measures it has taken under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Act No. 113 of 1972); that the general employer has appointed persons who take charge of the duties prescribed in Article 19 of that Act and persons who take charge of duties prescribed in Article 29 of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991); and that the status of implementation of the relevant initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life by the general employer is especially favorable and conforms to other standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十三条（特例認定一般事業主の特例等） — (Special Provisions for Specially Certified General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-13</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の認定を受けた一般事業主（以下「特例認定一般事業主」という。）については、第八条第一項及び第七項の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-13/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 8, paragraphs (1) and (7) do not apply to the general employers who obtained approval referred to in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "specially certified general employers").
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  特例認定一般事業主は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、毎年少なくとも一回、女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施の状況を公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-13/par-2</sup>
  Specially certified general employers must publicize the status of implementation of initiatives for promotion of women's active engagement in professional life at least once every year pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十四条（特例認定一般事業主の表示等） — (A Mark Indicating a Specially Certified General Employer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-14</sup>

  **第一項**  特例認定一般事業主は、商品等に厚生労働大臣の定める表示を付することができる。
  <sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-14/par-1</sup>
  Specially certified general employers may affix a mark specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on goods, etc.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第十条第二項の規定は、前項の表示について準用する。
  <sup>art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-14/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the markings referred to in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十五条（特例認定一般事業主の認定の取消し） — (Rescinding Approval as Specially Certified General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、特例認定一般事業主が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第十二条の認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1</sup>
  If a specially certified general employer falls under any one of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the approval under Article 12:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第十一条の規定により第九条の認定を取り消すとき。
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-1</sup>
    when the Minister rescinds the approval under Article 9 pursuant to the provisions of Article 11;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第十二条に規定する基準に適合しなくなったと認めるとき。
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when it is confirmed that the specially certified general employer no longer conforms to the standards prescribed in Article 12;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第十三条第二項の規定による公表をせず、又は虚偽の公表をしたとき。
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-3</sup>
    when the specially certified general employer fails to make a publication pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2), or makes a false publication;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前号に掲げる場合のほか、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-4</sup>
    in addition to the cases set forth in the preceding item, when the specially certified general employer violates this Act or an order under this Act; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "in addition to the cases set forth in the preceding items, when the specially certified general employer violates this Act or an order under this Act; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

    **五**  不正の手段により第十二条の認定を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-5</sup>
    when the specially certified general employer obtains the approval under Article 12 by wrongful means.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十六条（委託募集の特例等） — (Special Provisions on the Requesting of Recruitment Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16</sup>

  **第一項**  承認中小事業主団体の構成員である中小事業主（一般事業主であって、常時雇用する労働者の数が三百人以下のものをいう。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）が、当該承認中小事業主団体をして女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施に関し必要な労働者の募集を行わせようとする場合において、当該承認中小事業主団体が当該募集に従事しようとするときは、職業安定法（昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号）第三十六条第一項及び第三項の規定は、当該構成員である中小事業主については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-1</sup>
  If a small or medium-sized enterprise that is a member of an approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises (meaning a general employer with 300 or less regularly employed workers; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph) commissions the recruitment of workers required for the implementation of initiatives related to the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life through the approved employer organization, when that organization intends to engage in the relevant recruitment, the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Employment Security Act (Act No. 141 of 1947) do not apply to the small and medium-sized enterprise that is a member of the organization.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a small or medium-sized enterprise that is a member of an approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises (meaning a general employer with 300 or less regularly employed workers; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph) commissions the recruitment of workers required for the implementation of initiatives related to the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life through the approved employer organization, when that organization intends to engage in the relevant recruitment, the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (1) and (3) of the Employment Security Act (Act No. 141 of 1947) do not apply to the small and medium-sized enterprise that is a member of the organization." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  この条及び次条において「承認中小事業主団体」とは、事業協同組合、協同組合連合会その他の特別の法律により設立された組合若しくはその連合会であって厚生労働省令で定めるもの又は一般社団法人で中小事業主を直接又は間接の構成員とするもの（厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当するものに限る。）のうち、その構成員である中小事業主に対して女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組を実施するための人材確保に関する相談及び援助を行うものであって、その申請に基づいて、厚生労働大臣が、当該相談及び援助を適切に行うための厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合する旨の承認を行ったものをいう。
  <sup>art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-2</sup>
  The term "approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises" as used in this Article and the following Article means, among business cooperatives, federations of cooperatives, or other cooperatives or federations thereof established under special acts, or a federation as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or a general association comprising of small and medium-sized enterprise employers as its direct or indirect members (limited to those falling under the requirement prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), an organization that provides consultations and assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises that are members of that organization with respect to securing human resources for the implementation of initiatives related to the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, and which are approved by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in that the organization conforms to the standards required for appropriate implementation of that consultation and assistance specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, based on an application from the organization.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、承認中小事業主団体が前項に規定する基準に適合しなくなったと認めるときは、同項の承認を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-3</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the approval provided in the preceding paragraph if it is confirmed that an approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises no longer conforms to the standards prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  承認中小事業主団体は、第一項に規定する募集に従事しようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、募集時期、募集人員、募集地域その他の労働者の募集に関する事項で厚生労働省令で定めるものを厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-4</sup>
  When intending to engage in the recruitment prescribed in paragraph (1), an approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the recruitment period, the number of persons to be recruited, the recruitment area, and other particulars related to the recruitment of workers specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  職業安定法第三十七条第二項の規定は前項の規定による届出があった場合について、同法第五条の三第一項及び第四項、第五条の四第一項及び第二項、第五条の五、第三十九条、第四十一条第二項、第四十二条、第四十八条の三第一項、第四十八条の四、第五十条第一項及び第二項並びに第五十一条の規定は前項の規定による届出をして労働者の募集に従事する者について、同法第四十条の規定は同項の規定による届出をして労働者の募集に従事する者に対する報酬の供与について、同法第五十条第三項及び第四項の規定はこの項において準用する同条第二項に規定する職権を行う場合について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、同法第三十七条第二項中「労働者の募集を行おうとする者」とあるのは「女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律第十六条第四項の規定による届出をして労働者の募集に従事しようとする者」と、同法第四十一条第二項中「当該労働者の募集の業務の廃止を命じ、又は期間」とあるのは「期間」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-5</sup>
  The provisions of Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Employment Security Act apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which notification under the preceding paragraph has been received; the provisions of Article 5-3, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 5-4, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 5-5, Article 39, Article 41, paragraph (2), Article 42, Article 48-3, paragraph (1), Article 48-4, Article 50, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 51 of that Act apply mutatis mutandis to persons who engage in the recruitment of workers upon submitting the notification prescribed in the preceding paragraph; the provisions of Article 40 of that Act apply mutatis mutandis to giving compensation to persons who engage in the recruitment of workers upon submitting the notification prescribed in that paragraph; and the provisions of Article 50, paragraphs (3) and (4) of that Act apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the authority prescribed by paragraph (2) of that Article, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph, is exercised. In this case, the phrase "the person seeking to conduct worker recruitment" in Article 37, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "a person who intends to engage in worker recruitment upon submitting a notification pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life", and the phrase "order the discontinuance of the worker recruitment operations, or order the suspension thereof for a designated period" in Article 41, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "order the suspension of the worker recruitment operations for a designated period".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  職業安定法第三十六条第二項及び第四十二条の二の規定の適用については、同法第三十六条第二項中「前項の」とあるのは「被用者以外の者をして労働者の募集に従事させようとする者がその被用者以外の者に与えようとする」と、同法第四十二条の二中「第三十九条に規定する募集受託者」とあるのは「女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律（平成二十七年法律第六十四号）第十六条第四項の規定による届出をして労働者の募集に従事する者」と、「同項に」とあるのは「次項に」とする。
  <sup>art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-6</sup>
  With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (2) and Article 42-2 of the Employment Security Act, the phrase "the compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph" in Article 36, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the compensation that a person who intends to have a person other than their own employee engage in worker recruitment intends to give to that person other than the employee", the phrase "commissioned recruiters provided in Article 39" in Article 42-2 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "persons who engage in worker recruitment upon submitting a notification pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life (Act No. 64 of 2015)", and the phrase "in said paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "in the following paragraph".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第七項**  厚生労働大臣は、承認中小事業主団体に対し、第二項の相談及び援助の実施状況について報告を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-7</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request the approved employer organization for small and medium-sized enterprises to submit a report on the status of implementation of the consultation and support referred to in paragraph (2).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十七条
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-17</sup>

  **第一項**  公共職業安定所は、前条第四項の規定による届出をして労働者の募集に従事する承認中小事業主団体に対して、雇用情報及び職業に関する調査研究の成果を提供し、かつ、これらに基づき当該募集の内容又は方法について指導することにより、当該募集の効果的かつ適切な実施を図るものとする。
  <sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-17/par-1</sup>
  Public employment security offices are to provide employment information and results of occupational research and study, and, based on these, provide guidance on the content or means of the recruitment, thereby achieving effective and appropriate implementation of the recruitment to approved employer organizations for small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the recruitment of workers after giving the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, paragraph (4).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Public employment security offices are to provide employment information and results of occupational research and study, and, based on these, provide guidance on the content or means of the recruitment, thereby achieving effective and appropriate implementation of the recruitment to approved employer organizations for small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the recruitment of workers after giving the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, paragraph (4)," — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

### 第十八条（一般事業主に対する国の援助） — (State Assistance for General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-18</sup>

  **第一項**  国は、第八条第一項若しくは第七項の規定により一般事業主行動計画を策定しようとする一般事業主又はこれらの規定による届出をした一般事業主に対して、一般事業主行動計画の策定、労働者への周知若しくは公表又は一般事業主行動計画に基づく措置が円滑に実施されるように相談その他の援助の実施に努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-18/par-1</sup>
  The national government is to endeavor to provide consultation services and other assistance to general employers who intend to formulate a general employer action plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (7), or who have submitted a notification pursuant to these provisions, in order to facilitate smooth implementation of the formulation of the general employer action plan, dissemination of the action plan to workers or publication, or measures based on the general employer action plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 第三節　特定事業主行動計画 — Section 3 Specified Employer Action Plan
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3/sec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/ch-3/sec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/ch-3/sec-3</sup>

### 第十九条
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19</sup>

  **第一項**  国及び地方公共団体の機関、それらの長又はそれらの職員で政令で定めるもの（以下「特定事業主」という。）は、政令で定めるところにより、事業主行動計画策定指針に即して、特定事業主行動計画（特定事業主が実施する女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する計画をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-1</sup>
  The national government and local government organizations, and the head or other officials of these organizations specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "specified employers") must establish a specified employer action plan (meaning a plan concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life implemented by specified employers; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in line with the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  特定事業主行動計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2</sup>
  The specified employer action plan is to prescribe the following particulars:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  計画期間
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the planning period;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の実施により達成しようとする目標
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the goals to be achieved by implementing initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  実施しようとする女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容及びその実施時期
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the contents of the initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life planned to be implemented and their implementation period.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更（内閣府令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、採用した職員に占める女性職員の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異、勤務時間の状況、管理的地位にある職員に占める女性職員の割合その他のその事務及び事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する状況を把握し、女性の職業生活における活躍を推進するために改善すべき事情について分析した上で、その結果を勘案して、これを定めなければならない。この場合において、前項第二号の目標については、採用する職員に占める女性職員の割合、男女の継続勤務年数の差異の縮小の割合、勤務時間、管理的地位にある職員に占める女性職員の割合その他の数値を用いて定量的に定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-3</sup>
  When intending to establish the specified employer action plan or modify it (excluding minor modifications specified by Cabinet Office Order), specified employers must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, ascertain the ratio of women employees to the total number of employees they have hired, gender differences in the number of years of continuous employment, the state of working hours, the ratio of women employees in managerial positions, and other factors in relation to women's active engagement in professional life in their administrative duties and business, analyze what can be changed to improve the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life, and then establish the plan taking the results into account. In this case, the goals set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be quantitatively prescribed using the ratio of women employees to the total number of employees they hire, the ratio of reduction of difference in the number of years of continuous employment based on gender, working hours, the ratio of women employees in managerial positions and other figures.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更（前項の内閣府令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを職員に周知させるための措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-4</sup>
  When a specified employer establishes the specified employer action plan or modifies it (excluding minor modifications specified by the Cabinet Office Order referred to in the preceding paragraph), the specified employer must take measures to publicize this among its employees without delay.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画を定め、又はその変更をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-5</sup>
  If a specified employer establishes the specified employer action plan or modifies it, the specified employer must publicize this without delay.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  特定事業主は、毎年少なくとも一回、特定事業主行動計画に基づく取組の実施の状況を公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-6</sup>
  A specified employer must publicize the status of implementation of initiatives based on the specified employer action plan at least once every year.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  特定事業主は、特定事業主行動計画に基づく取組を実施するとともに、特定事業主行動計画に定められた目標を達成するよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-7</sup>
  A specified employer must implement initiatives based on the specified employer action plan and endeavor to achieve the goals prescribed in the specified employer action plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 第四節　女性の職業選択に資する情報の公表 — Section 4 Publication of Information that Contributes to Women's Choice of Occupations
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/ch-3/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/ch-3/sec-4</sup>

### 第二十条（一般事業主による女性の職業選択に資する情報の公表） — (Publication of Information that Contributes to Women's Choice of Occupations by General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20</sup>

  **第一項**  第八条第一項に規定する一般事業主（常時雇用する労働者の数が三百人を超えるものに限る。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、職業生活を営み、又は営もうとする女性の職業選択に資するよう、その事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する次に掲げる情報を定期的に公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1</sup>
  General employers prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) (limited to those with over 300 regularly employed workers) must regularly publicize the following information regarding women's active engagement in professional life in their business to contribute to choice of occupations for women who work or who intend to work, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  その雇用する労働者の男女の賃金の額の差異
    <sup>art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the difference in the amount of wages between men and women among the workers they employ;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  その雇用する管理的地位にある労働者に占める女性労働者の割合
    <sup>art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the ratio of women workers among the workers in managerial positions whom they employ;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、その雇用し、又は雇用しようとする女性労働者に対する職業生活に関する機会の提供に関する実績
    <sup>art-20/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-3</sup>
    in addition to what is set forth in the preceding two items, achievements in the provision of opportunities for professional life of women workers whom they employ or intend to employ; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  その雇用する労働者の職業生活と家庭生活との両立に資する雇用環境の整備に関する実績
    <sup>art-20/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-4</sup>
    achievements in development of employment environment that contributes to the creation of a balance between professional and personal life of workers they employ.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第八条第一項に規定する一般事業主（前項に規定する一般事業主を除く。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、職業生活を営み、又は営もうとする女性の職業選択に資するよう、その事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する次に掲げる情報を定期的に公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-2</sup>
  General employers prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) (other than the general employers prescribed in the preceding paragraph) must regularly publicize the following information with respect to women's active engagement in professional life in their business to contribute to choice of occupations for women who work or who intend to work, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  前項第一号及び第二号に掲げる情報
    <sup>art-20/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the information set forth in items (i) and (ii) of the preceding paragraph; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  前項第三号に掲げる情報又は同項第四号に掲げる情報の少なくともいずれか一方
    <sup>art-20/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-2/item-2</sup>
    at least either the information set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph or the information set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  第八条第七項に規定する一般事業主は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、職業生活を営み、又は営もうとする女性の職業選択に資するよう、その事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する第一項各号に掲げる情報のうち少なくとも一の情報を定期的に公表するよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-3</sup>
  General employers prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (7) must endeavor to regularly publicize at least one of the pieces of information set forth in the items of paragraph (1) with respect to women's active engagement in professional life in their business to contribute to choice of occupations for women who work or who intend to work, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二十一条（特定事業主による女性の職業選択に資する情報の公表） — (Publication of Information that Contributes to Women's Choice of Occupations by Specified Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21</sup>

  **第一項**  特定事業主は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、職業生活を営み、又は営もうとする女性の職業選択に資するよう、その事務及び事業における女性の職業生活における活躍に関する次に掲げる情報を定期的に公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1</sup>
  Specified employers must regularly publicize the following information regarding women's active engagement in professional life in their administrative duties and business to contribute to choice of occupations for women who work or who intend to work, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  その任用する職員の男女の給与の額の差異
    <sup>art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the difference in the amount of salary between men and women among the officials they appoint;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  その任用する管理的地位にある職員に占める女性職員の割合
    <sup>art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the ratio of women officials among the officials in managerial positions whom they appoint;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、その任用し、又は任用しようとする女性に対する職業生活に関する機会の提供に関する実績
    <sup>art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-3</sup>
    in addition to what is set forth in the preceding two items, achievements in the provision of opportunities for professional life of women whom they appoint or intend to appoint; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  その任用する職員の職業生活と家庭生活との両立に資する勤務環境の整備に関する実績
    <sup>art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-4</sup>
    achievements in development of working conditions that contribute to the creation of a balance between professional and personal life of the officials they appoint.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "achievements in development of working conditions that contribute to the creation of a balance between processional and personal life of the officials they appoint." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb</sup>

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- art-10/par-2: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-10/par-1
- art-11/par-1: 第九条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9
- art-11/par-1/item-1: 第九条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9
- art-11/par-1/item-3: 第九条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9
- art-12/par-1: 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律（昭和四十七年法律第百十三号）第十三条第一項 → 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-13/par-1
- art-12/par-1: 同法第十九条 → 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000113/art-19
- art-12/par-1: 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）第二十九条 → 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-29
- art-13/par-1: 前条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12
- art-13/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1
- art-13/par-1: 第七項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第七項 (Article 8, paragraph (7)), art-8/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-7
- art-14/par-2: 第十条第二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-10/par-2
- art-14/par-2: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-14/par-1
- art-15/par-1: 第十二条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12
- art-15/par-1/item-1: 第十一条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11
- art-15/par-1/item-1: 第九条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9
- art-15/par-1/item-2: 第十二条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12
- art-15/par-1/item-3: 第十三条第二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-13/par-2
- art-15/par-1/item-4: 前号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十五条第一項第三号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-15/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15/par-1/item-3
- art-15/par-1/item-5: 第十二条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12
- art-16/par-1: この項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-1
- art-16/par-1: 次項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-2
- art-16/par-1: 職業安定法（昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号）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-16/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-16/par-2: この条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16
- art-16/par-2: 次条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-17
- art-16/par-3: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-2
- art-16/par-4: 第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-1
- art-16/par-5: 職業安定法第三十七条第二項 → 職業安定法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37/par-2
- art-16/par-5: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-4
- art-16/par-5: 同法第五条の三第一項 → 職業安定法 第五条の三第一項 (Article 5-3, paragraph (1)), art-5-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-3/par-1
- art-16/par-5: 第四項 → 職業安定法 第五条の三第四項 (Article 5-3, paragraph (4)), art-5-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-3/par-4
- art-16/par-5: 第五条の四第一項 → 職業安定法 第五条の四第一項 (Article 5-4, paragraph (1)), art-5-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-4/par-1
- art-16/par-5: 第二項 → 職業安定法 第五条の四第二項 (Article 5-4, paragraph (2)), art-5-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-4/par-2
- art-16/par-5: 第五条の五 → 職業安定法 第五条の五 (Article 5-5), art-5-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-5
- art-16/par-5: 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
- art-16/par-5: 第四十一条第二項 → 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-16/par-5: 第四十二条 → 職業安定法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42
- art-16/par-5: 第四十八条の三第一項 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の三第一項 (Article 48-3, paragraph (1)), art-48-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-48-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-3/par-1
- art-16/par-5: 第四十八条の四 → 職業安定法 第四十八条の四 (Article 48-4), art-48-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-48-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-48-4
- art-16/par-5: 第五十条第一項 → 職業安定法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-1
- art-16/par-5: 第二項 → 職業安定法 第五十条第二項 (Article 50, paragraph (2)), art-50/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-2
- art-16/par-5: 第五十一条 → 職業安定法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-51
- art-16/par-5: 同法第四十条 → 職業安定法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-40
- art-16/par-5: 同法第五十条第三項 → 職業安定法 第五十条第三項 (Article 50, paragraph (3)), art-50/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-3
- art-16/par-5: 第四項 → 職業安定法 第五十条第四項 (Article 50, paragraph (4)), art-50/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-4
- art-16/par-5: この項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-5
- art-16/par-6: 職業安定法第三十六条第二項 → 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-16/par-6: 第四十二条の二 → 職業安定法 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2), art-42-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-42-2
- art-16/par-6: 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-16/par-6: 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
- art-16/par-6: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律（平成二十七年法律第六十四号）第十六条第四項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-4
- art-16/par-7: 第二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-2
- art-17/par-1: 前条第四項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-4
- art-18/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1
- art-18/par-1: 第七項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第七項 (Article 8, paragraph (7)), art-8/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-7
- art-19/par-1: この条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19
- art-19/par-3: 前項第二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第二項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-19/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-2/item-2
- art-19/par-4: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-3
- art-20/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1
- art-20/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第一号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-1
- art-20/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-2
- art-20/par-2: 第八条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1
- art-20/par-2: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1
- art-20/par-2/item-1: 前項第一号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第一号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-1
- art-20/par-2/item-1: 第二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-2
- art-20/par-2/item-2: 前項第三号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第三号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-20/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-3
- art-20/par-2/item-2: 同項第四号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項第四号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-20/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1/item-4
- art-20/par-3: 第八条第七項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第七項 (Article 8, paragraph (7)), art-8/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-7
- art-20/par-3: 第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-20/par-1
- art-21/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十一条第一項第一号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-21/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-1
- art-21/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十一条第一項第二号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-21/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-21/par-1/item-2

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