Chapter VI-2 Expectant and Postpartum Mothers; Women of Childbearing Age
第六章の二 妊産婦等
Article 64-2Limitations on Belowground Operations
第六十四条の二（坑内業務の就業制限）
An employer must not assign a woman as set forth in one of the following items to the operations provided for in that item:
使用者は、次の各号に掲げる女性を当該各号に定める業務に就かせてはならない。
a pregnant woman or a woman who is not yet one year postpartum and who notifies the employer that she will not engage in belowground operations:all belowground operations;
妊娠中の女性及び坑内で行われる業務に従事しない旨を使用者に申し出た産後一年を経過しない女性 坑内で行われるすべての業務
a woman of 18 years of age or more other than one as set forth in the preceding item:manual belowground excavation and other belowground operations prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as operations injurious to women.
前号に掲げる女性以外の満十八歳以上の女性 坑内で行われる業務のうち人力により行われる掘削の業務その他の女性に有害な業務として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
Article 64-3Limitations on Dangerous and Hazardous Operations
第六十四条の三（危険有害業務の就業制限）
An employer must not assign a pregnant woman or a woman who is not yet one year postpartum (hereinafter referred to as an "expectant or postpartum mother") to operations involving the handling of heavy objects, operations in places where harmful gas is generated, or other operations that are hazardous to things such as pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing.
使用者は、妊娠中の女性及び産後一年を経過しない女性（以下「妊産婦」という。）を、重量物を取り扱う業務、有害ガスを発散する場所における業務その他妊産婦の妊娠、出産、哺育等に有害な業務に就かせてはならない。
By Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be applied mutatis mutandis to women other than expectant or and postpartum mothers, for operations provided for in that paragraph that are hazardous to female functions related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes the scope of operations provided for in the preceding two paragraphs and the scope of persons who must not be assigned to those operations pursuant thereto.
前二項に規定する業務の範囲及びこれらの規定によりこれらの業務に就かせてはならない者の範囲は、厚生労働省令で定める。
Article 65Before and After Childbirth
第六十五条（産前産後）
If a woman who is due to give birth within 6 weeks (or within 14 weeks, in the case of multiple fetuses) requests leave from work, the employer must not make her work.
使用者は、六週間（多胎妊娠の場合にあつては、十四週間）以内に出産する予定の女性が休業を請求した場合においては、その者を就業させてはならない。
An employer must not have a woman who is not yet 8 weeks postpartum work; provided, however, that this does not prevent an employer from having a woman who is at least 6 weeks postpartum work, if she requests to, in operations that a doctor has approved as having no adverse effect on her.
使用者は、産後八週間を経過しない女性を就業させてはならない。ただし、産後六週間を経過した女性が請求した場合において、その者について医師が支障がないと認めた業務に就かせることは、差し支えない。
第六十六条
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1), Article 32-4, paragraph (1), and Article 32-5, paragraph (1), if an expectant or postpartum mother so requests, the employer must not make her work in excess of the working hours referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) per week or in excess of the working hours referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article per day.
使用者は、妊産婦が請求した場合においては、第三十二条の二第一項、第三十二条の四第一項及び第三十二条の五第一項の規定にかかわらず、一週間について第三十二条第一項の労働時間、一日について同条第二項の労働時間を超えて労働させてはならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), and Article 36, paragraph (1), if an expectant or postpartum mother so requests, the employer must not make her work off-hours or on days off.
If an expectant or postpartum mother so requests, the employer must not make her work at night.
第六十七条（育児時間）
A woman raising an infant born less than one year prior may request to have at least 30 minutes of time twice a day to care for the infant, in addition to the break periods referred to in Article 34.
生後満一年に達しない生児を育てる女性は、第三十四条の休憩時間のほか、一日二回各々少なくとも三十分、その生児を育てるための時間を請求することができる。
An employer must not make a woman work during the child care time referred to in the preceding paragraph.
第六十八条（生理日の就業が著しく困難な女性に対する措置）