有期労働契約であって次の各号のいずれかに該当するものの契約期間が満了する日までの間に労働者が当該有期労働契約の更新の申込みをした場合又は当該契約期間の満了後遅滞なく有期労働契約の締結の申込みをした場合であって、使用者が当該申込みを拒絶することが、客観的に合理的な理由を欠き、社会通念上相当であると認められないときは、使用者は、従前の有期労働契約の内容である労働条件と同一の労働条件で当該申込みを承諾したものとみなす。
If, by the expiration date of the contract term of a fixed-term labor contract which falls under any of the following items, a Worker applies for a renewal of the said fixed-term labor contract, or if a Worker applies for the conclusion of another fixed-term labor contract without delay after the said contract term expires, and the Employer's refusal to accept the said application lacks objectively reasonable grounds and is not found to be appropriate in general societal terms, it is deemed that the Employer accepts the said application with the same labor conditions as the contents of the prior fixed-term labor contract:
当該有期労働契約が過去に反復して更新されたことがあるものであって、その契約期間の満了時に当該有期労働契約を更新しないことにより当該有期労働契約を終了させることが、期間の定めのない労働契約を締結している労働者に解雇の意思表示をすることにより当該期間の定めのない労働契約を終了させることと社会通念上同視できると認められること。
the said fixed-term labor contract has been repeatedly renewed in the past, and it is found that terminating the said fixed-term labor contract by not renewing it when the contract term expires is, in general social terms, equivalent to terminating a labor contract without a fixed term by expressing the intention to fire a Worker who has concluded the said labor contract without a fixed term;
it is found that there are reasonable grounds upon which the said Worker expects the said fixed-term labor contract to be renewed when the said fixed-term labor contract expires.