Chapter IV Short-term Leave for Sick/Injured Childcare, etc.
第四章 子の看護等休暇
A worker who takes care of a child in the period until the first March 31 after the day on which the child reaches nine years of age (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "child who has not completed the third grade of elementary school") may, by filing an application with the employer, obtain leave (hereinafter referred to as "short-term leave for sick/injured childcare, etc.") up to a limit of five working days in one fiscal year (or ten working days if the worker takes care of two or more children who have not completed the third grade of elementary school), in order to take care of that child who has not completed the third grade of elementary school and has been injured or has fallen ill, to take care of that child who has not completed the third grade of elementary school in a way specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the prevention of illness, or to take care of that child who has not completed the third grade of elementary school because of a closure of the school pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the School Health and Safety Act (Act No. 56 of 1958) or other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being equivalent thereto, or to participate in an event concerning the education or childcare of that child who has not completed the third grade of elementary school that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
九歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にある子（以下この項において「小学校第三学年修了前の子」という。）を養育する労働者は、その事業主に申し出ることにより、一の年度において五労働日（その養育する小学校第三学年修了前の子が二人以上の場合にあっては、十労働日）を限度として、負傷し、若しくは疾病にかかった当該小学校第三学年修了前の子の世話、疾病の予防を図るために必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める当該小学校第三学年修了前の子の世話若しくは学校保健安全法（昭和三十三年法律第五十六号）第二十条の規定による学校の休業その他これに準ずるものとして厚生労働省令で定める事由に伴う当該小学校第三学年修了前の子の世話を行うため、又は当該小学校第三学年修了前の子の教育若しくは保育に係る行事のうち厚生労働省令で定めるものへの参加をするための休暇（以下「子の看護等休暇」という。）を取得することができる。
Short-term leave for sick/injured childcare, etc. may be obtained in units of less than one day as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare by persons other than those prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as employees whose scheduled working hours per day are short.
子の看護等休暇は、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 the days to be obtained as short-term leave for sick/injured childcare, etc. (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 sick/injured childcare, etc.), 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。
第十六条の三（子の看護等休暇の申出があった場合における事業主の義務等）
Employers may not, when an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is filed by a worker, refuse the application.
事業主は、労働者からの前条第一項の規定による申出があったときは、当該申出を拒むことができない。
The provisions of the proviso to Article 6, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) and the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a worker files an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In this case, the term "a person specified ... " in that item is deemed to be replaced with "a person specified ... or, in light of the nature of the work or the work system, a worker who is engaged in work for which it is considered difficult to take short-term leave for sick/injured childcare, etc. in a unit of less than one day as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (2) (limited to a person who intends to take short-term leave in a unit of less than one day as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph) "; the term "the proviso of the preceding paragraph" in Article 6, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the proviso of the preceding paragraph, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-3, paragraph (2)"; and the term "paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-2, paragraph (1)."
第六条第一項ただし書（第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び第二項の規定は、労働者からの前条第一項の規定による申出があった場合について準用する。この場合において、同号中「定めるもの」とあるのは「定めるもの又は業務の性質若しくは業務の実施体制に照らして、第十六条の二第二項の厚生労働省令で定める一日未満の単位で子の看護等休暇を取得することが困難と認められる業務に従事する労働者（同項の規定による厚生労働省令で定める一日未満の単位で取得しようとする者に限る。）」と、第六条第二項中「前項ただし書」とあるのは「第十六条の三第二項において準用する前項ただし書」と、「前条第一項、第三項及び第四項」とあるのは「第十六条の二第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
The provisions of Article 16 apply mutatis mutandis to applications and short-term leave for sick/injured childcare, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1).