A worker who looks after a applicable family member requiring caregiving as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, including caregiver, may obtain short-term leave to look after the applicable family member (hereinafter referred to as "short-term leave for caregiver") upon application to the worker's employer, with limits of up to five working days per fiscal year (or ten working days in cases where the worker has two or more applicable family members requiring caregiving).
Short-term leave for caregiver may be obtained in a unit of less than one day as prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare by persons other than those prescribed in the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as employees whose scheduled working hours per day are short.
介護休暇は、一日の所定労働時間が短い労働者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの以外の者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働省令で定める一日未満の単位で取得することができる。
An application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must be filed by making clear that the applicable family member subject to the application is requiring caregiving and the days required as short-term leave for caregiver (in the case of taking short-term leave in a unit of less than one day as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare according to the preceding paragraph, the time and date of starting and ending the short-term leave for caregiver), as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
A fiscal year as referred to in paragraph (1) refers to a period that begins on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year unless otherwise provided for by the employer.
第一項の年度は、事業主が別段の定めをする場合を除き、四月一日に始まり、翌年三月三十一日に終わるものとする。