一childbirth;

二temporary closure of the place of business;

三work abroad under the order of the employer;

四educational training leave;

五exchange appointment falling under Article 2, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Act on Personnel Exchange Between the Government Sector and Private Enterprises;

六reasons equivalent to those set out in the preceding items that the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds unavoidable.

一with regard to a child under one year of age that the person raises, where the person falls under any of the following:

イwhere, because a maternity leave period has begun for the insured person who made the childcare leave application, the period of leave pertaining to that application has ended, and by the day on which that maternity leave period ends (where a new childcare leave period for a child born during that maternity leave period has begun immediately after the end of that maternity leave period, the day on which that new childcare leave period ends), all of the children pertaining to that maternity leave period have come to fall under any of the following:

（１）When the child has died;

（２）When the child has ceased to live with that insured person due to having been adopted or other circumstances;

ロwhere, because a caregiver leave period has begun for the insured person who made the childcare leave application, the period of leave pertaining to that application has ended, and by the day on which that caregiver leave period ends, the applicable family member pertaining to the leave of that caregiver leave period has come to fall under any of the following:

（１）When the applicable family member has died;

（２）When the relationship as relatives between that applicable family member and the insured person has been extinguished by divorce, annulment of marriage, termination of adoption, etc.;

ハwhere, because a new childcare leave period has begun for the insured person who made the childcare leave application, the period of leave pertaining to that application has ended, and by the day on which that new childcare leave period ends, all of the children pertaining to the leave of that new childcare leave period have come to fall under any of the following:

（１）When the child has died;

（２）When the child has ceased to live with that insured person due to having been adopted or other circumstances;

（３）When the domestic relations case pertaining to a request under Article 817-2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code has ended (excluding where an adjudication for the establishment of a special adoption has become final), or the measure under Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Child Welfare Act has been cancelled without an adoption having been established;

ニwhere the spouse who is raising the child pertaining to the childcare leave application has died;

ホwhere the spouse prescribed in (d) has become unable to raise the child pertaining to the childcare leave application due to injury, disease, or physical or mental disability;

ヘwhere, due to the dissolution of the marriage or other circumstances, the spouse prescribed in (d) has ceased to live with the child pertaining to the childcare leave application;

トwhere the child pertaining to the childcare leave application has come to be in a condition requiring care for a period of two weeks or more due to injury, disease, or physical or mental disability;

チwhere, with regard to the child pertaining to the childcare leave application, the person wishes to use childcare at a nursery center, etc. and has applied, but childcare is not for the time being provided;

リwhere the insured person who made the childcare leave application is on the leave prescribed in Article 61-7, paragraph (1) of the Act on the day before the day of secondment and continues that leave on or after the day of secondment (limited to the case where the person continues to be an insured person on or after the day of secondment);

二with regard to a child who is raised by the person and is from one year of age until reaching one year and six months of age, where the person falls under any of the following:

イwhere the person has taken leave pertaining to the payment of childcare leave benefits twice (excluding leave falling under the preceding item) for a child under one year of age that the person raises, and starts leave for the first time after the day on which the child reaches one year of age;

ロwhere falling under any of (a) through (c) or (i) of the preceding item;

三with regard to a child who is raised by the person and is from one year and six months of age until reaching two years of age, where the person falls under any of the following:

イwhere the person has taken leave pertaining to the payment of childcare leave benefits twice (excluding leave falling under the preceding two items) for a child, up to the day on which the child reaches one year and six months of age, that the person raises, and starts leave for the first time after the day on which the child reaches one year and six months of age;

ロwhere falling under any of item (i), (a) through (c) or (i).

一with regard to the child pertaining to the childcare leave application, the child was born before the day on which leave under Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act begins: the day following the day on which the child was born;

二with regard to the child pertaining to the childcare leave application, leave for maternity protection preceding that leave was taken before the day on which leave under Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act begins: the day on which that preceding leave began.