If a female worker who is due to give birth within 6 weeks (or within 14 weeks, in the case of a multiple pregnancy) requests leave from work, the employer must not have 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 female worker who is not yet 8 weeks postnatal work; provided, however, that this does not prevent an employer from allowing a female worker who is at least 6 weeks postnatal to work, if she requests so, in operations that a doctor has approved as being non-detrimental to 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。
employermachine translation
「使用者」
The business owner, its managers, and anyone else acting for the owner in matters concerning its workers.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law