Employers must take necessary measures, such as changing working hours and reducing workload, in order to enable female workers to comply with the instructions they receive based on the health guidance and medical examinations referred to in the preceding Article.
事業主は、その雇用する女性労働者が前条の保健指導又は健康診査に基づく指導事項を守ることができるようにするため、勤務時間の変更、勤務の軽減等必要な措置を講じなければならない。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to formulate guidelines in order to promote appropriate and effective implementation of measures required to be taken by employers pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as the "guidelines" in the following paragraph).
The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation and amendment of the guidelines. In such a case, the phrase "is to consult the opinions of the Labor Policy Council and request the opinions of the prefectural governors" in Article 4, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "is to consult the opinions of the Labor Policy Council."