Where there is a person who has received payment of a retirement allowance, etc. by deceit or other wrongful conduct, the Organization may have that person return that retirement allowance, etc. In this case, where the payment was due to a false certification or notification by the mutual aid policyholder, the Organization may have the mutual aid policyholder return the retirement allowance, etc. jointly and severally with the person who received payment.
Where the Organization is to pay a retirement allowance, etc. to a covered employee or the covered employee's bereaved family members and there is an amount to be returned to the Organization under the preceding paragraph, the Organization may set off that retirement allowance, etc. against the amount that that person is to return.
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the Organizationmachine translation
「機構」
The Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid (独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構), an incorporated administrative agency, throughout this Act except Articles 56 and 57.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies from here on, except in Articles 56 and 57
mutual aid policyholdermachine translation
「共済契約者」
An employer (事業主) that is a party to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
covered employeemachine translation
「被共済者」
A person to whom the Organization (機構) must pay a retirement allowance (退職金) when they leave their employment, under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
retirement allowance, etc.machine translation
「退職金等」
A retirement allowance (退職金) or a cancellation refund (解約手当金).
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (2), item (iii)