Supplementary Provisions, Article 17
第十七条
Notwithstanding Article 113, paragraph (2), where an employer that is entitled to receive payment of the year-round employment grant pursuant to paragraph (1) of that Article places workers engaged in year-round employment pertaining to that payment on leave during the period from January 1 to April 30, within the period until April 30, 2028, a part of the total of the amount of allowances paid to the worker so placed on leave (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "worker placed on leave") for the period of that leave (referred to as the "period of leave" in the following paragraph) and the amount of wages paid in the target period is to be paid for that worker placed on leave.
The amount of the year-round employment grant paid pursuant to the preceding paragraph is 1/3 (1/2 in the case of the first leave on or after the day on which the worker became a worker pertaining to year-round employment) of the total of the amount of allowances paid to the worker placed on leave for the period of leave (limited to 60 days' worth) and the amount of wages paid in the target period (where that 1/3 (or 1/2) amount exceeds the amount determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the amount so determined).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2
第十七条の二
For the application of Article 114, until March 31, 2028, the phrase "1/3" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "1/2".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-2
第十七条の二の二
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Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-3Provisional Measures concerning Grant for Supporting Work-Family Balance, etc.
第十七条の二の三（両立支援等助成金に関する暫定措置）
For the application of Article 116, paragraph (11), item (i) and item (ii) to an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of implementation of the measures prescribed in Article 116, paragraph (11), item (i), (a), (1), item (i), (b), (1), item (i), (c), (1), item (i), (d), (1) and item (i), (e), (1), and that has received certification under Article 13 of the Next-Generation Support Act by the day before the earliest of the day on which an insured person who ended the childcare leave prescribed in (a), (1) and (c), (1) of that item first arose, the day on which an insured person who returned to the original position, etc. by the measure for return to the original position, etc. prescribed in (b), (1) and (d), (1) of that item first arose, the day on which the period during which the measure for shortening prescribed working hours prescribed in (e), (1) of that item was taken for an insured person ended, or the day following the day on which one year has passed counting from the day on which that measure for shortening prescribed working hours was first taken, the phrase "a specified employer that falls under all of the following (where the specified employer is a certified specified employer, a specified employer that falls under (1) and (2))" in (a) and (b) of item (i) of paragraph (11) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a specified employer that falls under (1) below"; the phrase "an employer that falls under all of the following (where the employer is one certified pursuant to Article 15-2 of the Next-Generation Support Act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "certified employer"), an employer that falls under (1) and (2))" in (c) of that item, and the phrase "an employer that falls under all of the following (where the employer is a certified employer, an employer that falls under (1) and (2))" in (d) and (e) of that item, with "an employer that falls under (1) below"; and the phrase "(where, in one fiscal year, the total number of insured persons falling under item (i), (a), (1), item (i), (b), (1), item (i), (c), (1), item (i), (d), (1) or item (i), (e), (1) exceeds 10, payment under the provisions of item (i), (a) through (e) is limited to a total of 10 persons)" in paragraph (11), item (ii) of that Article with "(where, during the period from the day on which an insured person who is a subject of payment of the grant for the Work Substitution Support during Childcare Leave, etc. Course first arose to March 31, 2031, the number of those insured persons exceeds 50, payment is limited to up to 50 persons)".
第百十六条第十一項第一号イ（１）、ロ（１）、ハ（１）、ニ（１）及びホ（１）に規定する措置の実施の状況を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主であつて、同号イ（１）及びハ（１）に規定する育児休業を終了した被保険者が最初に生じた日、同号ロ（１）及びニ（１）に規定する原職等復帰措置により原職等に復帰した被保険者が最初に生じた日又は同号ホ（１）に規定する所定労働時間短縮措置が講じられた被保険者に係る当該所定労働時間短縮措置が講じられた期間が終了した日若しくは当該所定労働時間短縮措置が最初に講じられた日から起算して一年を経過する日の翌日のいずれか早い日の前日までに次世代法第十三条の規定に基づく認定を受けたものに対する同号及び同項第二号の規定の適用については、同項第一号イ及びロ中「次のいずれにも該当する特定事業主（特定事業主が認定特定事業主である場合にあつては、（１）及び（２）に該当する特定事業主）」とあるのは「次の（１）に該当する特定事業主」と、同号ハ中「次のいずれにも該当する事業主（事業主が次世代法第十五条の二の規定により認定されたもの（以下この項において「認定事業主」という。）である場合にあつては、（１）及び（２）に該当する事業主）」とあり、及び同号ニ及びホ中「次のいずれにも該当する事業主（事業主が認定事業主である場合にあつては、（１）及び（２）に該当する事業主）」とあるのは「次の（１）に該当する事業主」と、同項第二号中「（一の年度において、前号イ（１）、ロ（１）、ハ（１）、ニ（１）又はホ（１）に該当する被保険者の数の合計が十人を超える場合の同号イからホまでの規定に基づく支給については、合計して十人までの支給に限る。）」とあるのは「（育休中等業務代替支援コース助成金の支給の対象となる被保険者が最初に生じた日から令和十三年三月三十一日までの間において当該被保険者の数が五十人を超える場合は、五十人までの支給に限る。）」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Articles 17-2-4 to 17-2-6
第十七条の二の四から第十七条の二の六まで
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Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-7Provisional Measures concerning Career Advancement Grant
第十七条の二の七（キャリアアップ助成金に関する暫定措置）
In place of the grant for the Part-Time Worker Working Hours Extension Course under Article 118-2, paragraph (12), the social insurance coverage treatment improvement course grant or the grant for the Part-Time Worker Working Hours Extension Support Course is to be paid for the time being, and paragraph (12) of that Article does not apply; provided, however, that payment of the social insurance coverage treatment improvement course grant is to be made until March 31, 2026.
第百十八条の二第十二項の短時間労働者労働時間延長コース助成金に代えて、当分の間、社会保険適用時処遇改善コース助成金又は短時間労働者労働時間延長支援コース助成金を支給するものとし、同項の規定は適用しない。ただし、社会保険適用時処遇改善コース助成金の支給については、令和八年三月三十一日までの間、行うものとする。
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that falls under either of the following and has improved the treatment of the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs:
an employer that, where a fixed-term contract worker, etc. it employs who is not an insured person of health insurance under the Health Insurance Act or an insured person of employees' pension insurance under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (hereinafter in this (c) and in item (i), (c) of the following paragraph referred to as "insured persons") newly becomes an insured person, has taken any of the following measures for that fixed-term contract worker, etc.:
a measure to increase wages by approximately 15% or more;
賃金をおおむね十五パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to increase wages by approximately 18% or more;
賃金をおおむね十八パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by four hours or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を四時間以上延長する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by three hours or more but less than four hours and to increase wages by 5% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を三時間以上四時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を五パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by two hours or more but less than three hours and to increase wages by 10% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を二時間以上三時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を十パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by one hour or more but less than two hours and to increase wages by 15% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を一時間以上二時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を十五パーセント以上増額する措置
an employer that has taken any of the measures set out in (1), (iii) through (vi) for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs who are not insured persons (limited to where those fixed-term contract workers, etc. become insured persons by that measure);
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of employers set out below.
次に掲げる事業主の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該規定に定める額
an employer that has continued the measure under (c), (1), (i) of the preceding item for one year: 150,000 yen (200,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);
an employer that has continued the measure under (c), (1), (i) of the preceding item for two years, and for which it can be confirmed from rules of employment or other documents that, after two years have elapsed from the start of that measure, it will take the measure under (c), (1), (ii) of that item: 300,000 yen (400,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);
an employer that, after continuing the measure under (c), (1), (i) of the preceding item for one year, has continued the measure under (c), (1), (ii) of that item for six months: 375,000 yen (500,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);
an employer that, after continuing the measure under (c), (1), (i) of the preceding item for two years, has continued the measure under (c), (1), (ii) of that item for six months: 375,000 yen (500,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);
an employer that, after continuing the measure under (c), (1), (i) of the preceding item for one year, has continued any of the measures set out in (c), (1), (iii) through (vi) of that item for six months: 375,000 yen (500,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer);
an employer that has continued any of the measures set out in (c), (1), (iii) through (vi) of the preceding item for six months: 225,000 yen (300,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer).
an employer that takes measures for the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc., and that falls under all of the following:
an employer that, for each place of business, has assigned a person who manages matters concerning the career advancement of fixed-term contract workers, etc. as a career advancement manager, and has made that assignment known by posting at the place of business or otherwise;
an employer that has submitted to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau a career advancement plan prepared after hearing the opinions of the labor union, etc. of that employer's place of business;
an employer that falls under either of the following and has improved the treatment of the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs:
an employer that has taken any of the following measures for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs who are not insured persons (limited to where those fixed-term contract workers, etc. become insured persons by that measure):
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by five hours or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を五時間以上延長する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by four hours or more but less than five hours and to increase wages by 5% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を四時間以上五時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を五パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by three hours or more but less than four hours and to increase wages by 10% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を三時間以上四時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を十パーセント以上増額する措置
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by two hours or more but less than three hours and to increase wages by 15% or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を二時間以上三時間未満延長するとともに、賃金を十五パーセント以上増額する措置
an employer that falls under (1) and that, after continuing any of the measures set out in (1), (i) through (iv) for the fixed-term contract workers, etc. it employs for one year, has taken any of the following measures:
a measure to extend the prescribed weekly working hours by two hours or more;
一週間の所定労働時間を二時間以上延長する措置
a measure to increase wages by 5% or more, or, as provided in a collective agreement or rules of employment, a measure to establish a pay raise system, a measure to establish a bonus system and pay bonuses based on that system, or a measure to establish a retirement allowance system and accumulate retirement allowances based on that system;
賃金を五パーセント以上増額する措置又は労働協約若しくは就業規則に定めるところにより、昇給制度を整備する措置、賞与制度を整備し、かつ、当該制度に基づき賞与の支給を行う措置若しくは退職金制度を整備し、かつ、当該制度に基づき退職金の積立てを行う措置
an employer that maintains documents clarifying the status of payment of wages, etc. to persons pertaining to the measure under (c);
ハの措置に係る者に対する賃金の支払の状況等を明らかにする書類を整備している事業主
the amount specified in the relevant provision according to the categories of employers set out below.
次に掲げる事業主の区分に応じて、それぞれ当該規定に定める額
an employer that has continued any of the measures set out in (c), (1), (i) through (iv) of the preceding item for six months (excluding an employer falling under (b)): 300,000 yen (400,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer (excluding a small enterprise employer (meaning an employer whose number of regularly employed workers is 30 or less; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter in this item), and 500,000 yen for a small enterprise employer);
an employer that, after continuing any of the measures set out in (c), (1), (i) through (iv) of the preceding item for one year, has continued the measure under (c), (2), (i) or (ii) of that item for six months: 450,000 yen (600,000 yen for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer, and 750,000 yen for a small enterprise employer).
To an employer falling under paragraph (2), item (i) or item (i) of the preceding paragraph, only one of the social insurance coverage treatment improvement course grant and the grant for the Part-Time Worker Working Hours Extension Support Course is paid for each fixed-term contract worker, etc. it employs.
employermachine translation
「事業主」
In this Ordinance other than Article 130, the employer of a covered undertaking (適用事業).
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Article 130
labor union, etc.machine translation
「労働組合等」
The labor union organized by a majority of the workers at the workplace, or, where there is none, the person who represents a majority of them.
Short name set inArticle 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (4)
small and medium-sized enterprise employermachine translation
「中小企業事業主」
An employer whose capital or total contributions do not exceed 300 million yen (50 million yen where its main business is retail or services, 100 million yen where it is wholesale), or whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 (50 where its main business is retail, 100 where it is wholesale or services).
Defined inArticle 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (5)
target periodmachine translation
「対象期間」
In Article 113 and Articles 16 and 17 of the supplementary provisions (附則), the winter period from 16 December to 15 March of the following year.
Short name set inArticle 113, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Articles 16 and 17
Next-Generation Support Actmachine translation
「次世代法」
Short name for the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Act No. 120 of 2003).
Short name set inArticle 116, paragraph (2), item (i)
childcare leavemachine translation
「育児休業」
From Article 116, paragraph (3), item (i)(b)(2) on, childcare leave as Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members defines it, together with leave under measures equivalent to the childcare leave system under Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act and leave under measures taken in line with that system under Article 24, paragraph (1) of that Act.
Defined inArticle 116, paragraph (3), item (i), (b), (2)
original position, etc.machine translation
「原職等」
The same duties and the same position in the organization that an insured person had before their childcare leave or caregiver leave, or a position equivalent to them.
Short name set inArticle 116, paragraph (11), item (i), (b), (1)
measure for return to the original position, etc.machine translation
「原職等復帰措置」
A measure, set out in a collective agreement or the work rules, for bringing an insured person back after childcare leave to the same duties and position they had before it, or to an equivalent position (原職等).
Short name set inArticle 116, paragraph (11), item (i), (b), (1)
measure for shortening prescribed working hoursmachine translation
「所定労働時間短縮措置」
The measure for shortening prescribed working hours (所定労働時間) for childcare under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members.
Short name set inArticle 116, paragraph (11), item (i), (e), (1)
career advancementmachine translation
「キャリアアップ」
The improvement of a worker's vocational abilities through work experience or chances to develop them, such as vocational training, and with it better treatment at work, including their future position and their wages.
Defined inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
fixed-term contract workers, etc.machine translation
「有期契約労働者等」
A fixed-term contract worker (有期契約労働者), or a worker employed with no fixed term (無期契約労働者) who is not a regular worker, a regular employee with a limited work location, a regular employee with limited duties or a short-time regular employee.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
insured personmachine translation
「被保険者」
In Article 118-2, paragraph (12), item (i)(c), an insured person of health insurance under the Health Insurance Act or of employees' pension insurance under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
Short name set inArticle 118-2, paragraph (12), item (i), (c)
worker placed on leavemachine translation
「休業労働者」
In Article 17 of the supplementary provisions (附則), a worker employed year-round, for whom the employer can receive the year-round employment grant (通年雇用助成金), whom the employer had take leave (休業) at some time from 1 January to 30 April, where this happens up to 30 April 2028.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
period of leavemachine translation
「休業期間」
In Article 17, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則), the period for which an employer had a worker placed on leave (休業労働者) take leave under paragraph (1).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (2)
insured personmachine translation
「被保険者」
In Article 17-2-7, paragraph (2), item (i)(c) and paragraph (3), item (i)(c) of the supplementary provisions (附則), an insured person of health insurance under the Health Insurance Act or of employees' pension insurance under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-7, paragraph (2), item (i), (c), (1)
small enterprise employermachine translation
「小規模企業事業主」
An employer that regularly employs 30 workers or fewer.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17-2-7, paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)
director of a prefectural labor bureau
都道府県労働局長
The head of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, so part of the national government rather than of the prefecture (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 17; National Government Organization Act, Article 9). The post is filled by a labor standards inspector (労働基準監督官) (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (2)). Under the Labor Standards Act, the director, directed and supervised by the head of the Ministry's Labor Standards Management Bureau (労働基準主管局長), directs and supervises the directors of the labor standards inspection offices (労働基準監督署長) in the bureau's area, handles the carrying out of that Act, such as coordinating how inspection is done, and directs and supervises the bureau's staff; the director may also exercise the powers of the authorities below (下級官庁) directly, or have the bureau's labor standards inspectors exercise them (Labor Standards Act, Article 97, paragraph (1), and Article 99, paragraphs (2) and (4)). The heads of public employment security offices (公共職業安定所長) run their offices under the director's direction and supervision (Employment Security Act, Article 8, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Art. 17, National Government Organization Act, Art. 9, Labor Standards Act, Arts. 97, 99 and Employment Security Act, Art. 8 as a reference.