Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Childcare Leave
第四条(育児休業に関する経過措置)
Childcare leave that began on a day before the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (referred to as the "item (iii) effective date" in Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions) (limited to the first childcare leave that a worker takes in order to take care of the child concerned, within the period until the day following the day on which eight weeks have passed, counting from the date of birth of the child to which that childcare leave relates (in the case where that child is born before the expected date of confinement, until the day following the day on which eight weeks have passed, counting from the expected date of confinement, from the date of that birth; and in the case where that child is born after the expected date of confinement, until the day following the day on which eight weeks have passed, counting from the date of that birth, from the expected date of confinement)) is, for the purposes of the application of Article 5, paragraph (2) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members as amended by Article 2, deemed to be parental leave prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article, taken by way of an application under the provisions of that paragraph.
附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日(附則第七条において「第三号施行日」という。)前の日に開始した育児休業(当該育児休業に係る子の出生の日から起算して八週間を経過する日の翌日まで(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生の日から当該出産予定日から起算して八週間を経過する日の翌日までとし、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から当該出生の日から起算して八週間を経過する日の翌日までとする。)の期間内に、労働者が当該子を養育するためにする最初の育児休業に限る。)は、第二条の規定による改正後の育児休業、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五条第二項及び第九条の二第二項の規定の適用については、同条第一項の規定による申出によりした同項に規定する出生時育児休業とみなす。