Article 81-2Special Provisions on the Collection of Insurance Premiums during Childcare Leave
第八十一条の二（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例）
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3)) is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified by order of the competent ministry, the insurance premiums for the insured for the month specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category of cases set out in that item (limited, for a person whose childcare/parental leave period is one month or less, to the insurance premiums relating to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration) are not collected:
in the case where the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins differs from the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave: the months from the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins until the month preceding the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave;
その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月とその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月とが異なる場合 その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月からその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月の前月までの月
in the case where the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins is the same as the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave, and the number of days of childcare/parental leave in that month, calculated as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is 14 days or more: that month.
その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月とその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月とが同一であり、かつ、当該月における育児休業等の日数として厚生労働省令で定めるところにより計算した日数が十四日以上である場合 当該月
When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to insurance premiums for a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3)) is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3))".
第二号厚生年金被保険者又は第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料について、前項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「同じ。）が使用される事業所の事業主」とあるのは、「同じ。）」とする。
With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) in the case where an insured is on two or more consecutive instances of childcare/parental leave (including cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto), all of them are deemed to be one instance of childcare/parental leave.