The period for which a worker who has filed an application for parental leave may take that parental leave (hereinafter referred to as the "period of parental leave") is between the scheduled start date for parental leave (or, in cases where an employer designates any day pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (3) (including the cases where applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article) or Article 7, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding Article, the day designated by that employer or, in cases where the scheduled start date for parental leave is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding Article, the changed scheduled start date for parental leave; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and the scheduled end date for parental leave (or, in cases where the scheduled end date for parental leave is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding Article, the changed scheduled end date for parental leave; the same applied in paragraph (6)).
出生時育児休業申出をした労働者がその期間中は出生時育児休業をすることができる期間（以下「出生時育児休業期間」という。）は、出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日（第九条の三第三項（同条第四項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）又は前条において準用する第七条第二項の規定による事業主の指定があった場合にあっては当該事業主の指定した日、前条において準用する第七条第一項の規定により出生時育児休業開始予定日が変更された場合にあってはその変更後の出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日。以下この条において同じ。）から出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日（前条において準用する第七条第三項の規定により当該出生時育児休業終了予定日が変更された場合にあっては、その変更後の出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日。第六項において同じ。）までの間とする。
A worker who has filed an application for parental leave (limited to the person falling under the worker who is set forth as a person who is permitted to work during the period of parental leave under a written agreement between the employer and a labor union, if any, organized by a majority of workers at the place of business where the worker is employed or, when there is no labor union organized by the majority of workers at the place of business where the worker is employed, persons who represent the majority of workers) may apply to that worker's employer for dates on which the worker can work during the period of parental leave in the application or other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "days available for work or other matters" hereinafter in this Article) for any period before the day preceding the scheduled start date for parental leave in the application.
出生時育児休業申出をした労働者（事業主と当該労働者が雇用される事業所の労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときはその労働組合、その事業所の労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときはその労働者の過半数を代表する者との書面による協定で、出生時育児休業期間中に就業させることができるものとして定められた労働者に該当するものに限る。）は、当該出生時育児休業申出に係る出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日の前日までの間、事業主に対し、当該出生時育児休業申出に係る出生時育児休業期間において就業することができる日その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項（以下この条において「就業可能日等」という。）を申し出ることができる。
A worker who has filed an application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may change the days available for work or other matters in the application or withdraw the application upon applying to their employer, on or before the day preceding the scheduled start date for parental leave in the application.
前項の規定による申出をした労働者は、当該申出に係る出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日の前日までは、その事業主に申し出ることにより当該申出に係る就業可能日等を変更し、又は当該申出を撤回することができる。
In cases where a worker has filed an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) (including the application for change pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph), the employer may propose the time and date within the scope of the days available for work or other matters in the application (or, in cases where the days available for work or other matters are changed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the changed days available for work or other matters) and permit that worker to work on that time and date within the scope as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, only with the consent of that worker on or prior to the day preceding the scheduled start date for parental leave in the application pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
事業主は、労働者から第二項の規定による申出（前項の規定による変更の申出を含む。）があった場合には、当該申出に係る就業可能日等（前項の規定により就業可能日等が変更された場合にあっては、その変更後の就業可能日等）の範囲内で日時を提示し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該申出に係る出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日の前日までに当該労働者の同意を得た場合に限り、厚生労働省令で定める範囲内で、当該労働者を当該日時に就業させることができる。
The worker who has given the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph may withdraw a part of or the entire consent; provided, however, that this applies only in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on and after the scheduled start date for parental leave in the application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).
前項の同意をした労働者は、当該同意の全部又は一部を撤回することができる。ただし、第二項の規定による申出に係る出生時育児休業開始予定日とされた日以後においては、厚生労働省令で定める特別の事情がある場合に限る。
In cases where any of the circumstances listed in the following items occurs, the period of parental leave ends, notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1), on the day on which the relevant circumstance occurs (or, in cases where the circumstance set forth in item (iv) occurs, the previous day):
there are reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as to why the worker comes to cease childcare subject to the application for parental leave, such as the death of the child, on or before the day preceding the scheduled end date for parental leave;
出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日の前日までに、子の死亡その他の労働者が出生時育児休業申出に係る子を養育しないこととなった事由として厚生労働省令で定める事由が生じたこと。
eight weeks from the day following the date of birth of the child subject to the application for parental leave (or, in cases where the child is born before the expected date of confinement, the day following the expected date of confinement) have elapsed on or before the day preceding the scheduled end date for parental leave;
出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日の前日までに、出生時育児休業申出に係る子の出生の日の翌日（出産予定日前に当該子が出生した場合にあっては、当該出産予定日の翌日）から起算して八週間を経過したこと。
the number of days during which the worker takes parental leave after the date of birth of the child subject to the application for parental leave (or, in cases where the child is born after the expected date of confinement, the expected date of confinement) has reached twenty-eight days on or before the day preceding the scheduled end date for parental leave; or
出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日の前日までに、出生時育児休業申出に係る子の出生の日（出産予定日後に当該子が出生した場合にあっては、当該出産予定日）以後に出生時育児休業をする日数が二十八日に達したこと。
a period of leave taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Labor Standards Act, a period of childcare leave, a period of caregiver leave prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1), or a new period of parental leave has begun with regard to a worker who has filed the application for parental leave on or before the scheduled end date for parental leave.
出生時育児休業終了予定日とされた日までに、出生時育児休業申出をした労働者について、労働基準法第六十五条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により休業する期間、育児休業期間、第十五条第一項に規定する介護休業期間又は新たな出生時育児休業期間が始まったこと。
The provisions of the second sentence of Article 8, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where there are reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph.