Article 26Special Provisions on the Amount of Standard Monthly Remuneration for a Current or Former Insured Raising a Child under 3 Years of Age
第二十六条（三歳に満たない子を養育する被保険者等の標準報酬月額の特例）
If an insured or a former insured who is or was raising a child under 3 years of age files a request with the implementing organization (for a current insured, through the employer of the place of business at which the insured is employed) as specified by order of the competent ministry, the person's standard monthly remuneration for the month before the month that includes the day on which the person began to raise the child (or, if the person is not an insured in the month in question, the standard monthly remuneration for the most recent month in which the person was an insured within the one year prior to the month in question; either the month in question or this most recent month is hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "base month") is deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration under Article 43, paragraph (1) for any month in which the person's standard monthly remuneration falls below the standard monthly remuneration for the base month (or below the standard monthly remuneration for the base month connected with a child other than the child in question, if that standardized monthly amount is deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for the calculation mentioned above pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph; any standardized monthly amount deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for the calculation mentioned above is referred to as the "previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration" in this paragraph), among the months during the period of time from the month that includes the day on which the person started to raise that child (or the day on which any fact provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has arisen) until the month before the month that includes the day following the date of an event that falls under one of the following items (if any of the months in which the standard monthly remuneration falls below the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration are months preceding the month that includes the day on which the relevant request was filed, these are limited to months that fall within the two-year period before the month including the day on which the relevant request was filed).
三歳に満たない子を養育し、又は養育していた被保険者又は被保険者であつた者が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出（被保険者にあつては、その使用される事業所の事業主を経由して行うものとする。）をしたときは、当該子を養育することとなつた日（厚生労働省令で定める事実が生じた日にあつては、その日）の属する月から次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日の翌日の属する月の前月までの各月のうち、その標準報酬月額が当該子を養育することとなつた日の属する月の前月（当該月において被保険者でない場合にあつては、当該月前一年以内における被保険者であつた月のうち直近の月。以下この条において「基準月」という。）の標準報酬月額（この項の規定により当該子以外の子に係る基準月の標準報酬月額が標準報酬月額とみなされている場合にあつては、当該みなされた基準月の標準報酬月額。以下この項において「従前標準報酬月額」という。）を下回る月（当該申出が行われた日の属する月前の月にあつては、当該申出が行われた日の属する月の前月までの二年間のうちにあるものに限る。）については、従前標準報酬月額を当該下回る月の第四十三条第一項に規定する平均標準報酬額の計算の基礎となる標準報酬月額とみなす。
the child in question reaches 3 years of age;
当該子が三歳に達したとき。
the insured comes to fall under one of the items of Article 14;
第十四条各号のいずれかに該当するに至つたとき。
the insured has begun to raise a child other than the child in question in a case in which the provisions of this Article are applied for a child other than the child in question, or any other event provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a fact equivalent thereto arises;
当該子以外の子についてこの条の規定の適用を受ける場合における当該子以外の子を養育することとなつたときその他これに準ずる事実として厚生労働省令で定めるものが生じたとき。
the child dies or the insured has otherwise ceased to raise the child; or
当該子が死亡したときその他当該被保険者が当該子を養育しないこととなつたとき。
the insured starts childcare/parental leave to which the provisions of Article 81-2, paragraph (1) apply; or
当該被保険者に係る第八十一条の二第一項の規定の適用を受ける育児休業等を開始したとき。
the insured starts maternity leave to which the provisions of Article 81-2-2, paragraph (1) apply.
当該被保険者に係る第八十一条の二の二第一項の規定の適用を受ける産前産後休業を開始したとき。
Cabinet Order provides for revisions to the amount of pension insurance benefits based on application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph and provides for any other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
To apply paragraph (1) to a person who falls under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (6) (other than if, pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the standard monthly remuneration in the base month connected with a child other than the relevant child is deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration), the phrase "or below the standard monthly remuneration for the base month connected with a child other than the child in question, if that standardized monthly amount is deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for the calculation mentioned above pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph; any standardized monthly amount deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for the calculation mentioned above is referred to as the "previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration" in this paragraph" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "or below the standard monthly remuneration for the month that would be the deemed base month if the standard monthly remuneration in the base month connected with a child other than the child in question would be deemed, pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, to be the standard monthly remuneration for the calculation mentioned above in the event that the provisions of item (6) were not applied; any standardized monthly amount that is deemed, or would be deemed, to be the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for the calculation mentioned above is referred to as the "previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration" in this paragraph".
When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a person who is or was a category II EPI insured or a person who is or was a category III EPI insured, the phrase "a request with the implementing organization (for an insured, through the employer of the place of business at which the insured is employed)" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "a request with the implementing organization".
第二号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくはあつた者又は第三号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくはあつた者について、第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「申出（被保険者にあつては、その使用される事業所の事業主を経由して行うものとする。）」とあるのは、「申出」とする。
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(Timing of the Forfeiture of Status)
An insured as under the provisions of Article 9 or Article 10, paragraph (1) forfeits the status as an insured on the day following the day on which the person comes to fall under one of the…
第九条又は第十条第一項の規定による被保険者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日の翌日（その事実があつた日に更に前条に該当するに至つたとき、又は第五号に該当するに至つたときは、その日）に、被保険者の資格を喪失する。
Open this provision(Special Provisions on the Amount of Standard Monthly Remuneration for a Current or Former Insured Raising a Child under 3 Years of Age)
If an insured or a former insured who is or was raising a child under 3 years of age files a request with the implementing organization…
三歳に満たない子を養育し、又は養育していた被保険者又は被保険者であつた者が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出（被保険者にあつては、その使用される事業所の事業主を経由して行うものとする。）をしたときは…
Open this provision(Special Provisions on the Amount of Standard Monthly Remuneration for a Current or Former Insured Raising a Child under 3 Years of Age)
If an insured or a former insured who is or was raising a child under 3 years of age files a request with the implementing organization…
三歳に満たない子を養育し、又は養育していた被保険者又は被保険者であつた者が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出（被保険者にあつては、その使用される事業所の事業主を経由して行うものとする。）をしたときは…
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the insured starts maternity leave to which the provisions of Article 81-2-2, paragraph (1) apply.
当該被保険者に係る第八十一条の二の二第一項の規定の適用を受ける産前産後休業を開始したとき。
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The amount of employees' old-age pension is the amount arrived at when the number of months in the insured period is multiplied by an amount equal to 5.481/1000 of the average standardized amount of…
老齢厚生年金の額は、被保険者であつた全期間の平均標準報酬額（被保険者期間の計算の基礎となる各月の標準報酬月額と標準賞与額に、別表各号に掲げる受給権者の区分に応じてそれぞれ当該各号に定める率（以下「再評価率」という。）を乗じて得た額の総額を、当該被保険者期間の月数で除して得た額をいう。附則第十七条の六第一項及び第二十九…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81, paragraph (2), if the employer of the place of business at which an insured on maternity leave is employed has filed a request with the implementing…
産前産後休業をしている被保険者が使用される事業所の事業主が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をしたときは、第八十一条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該被保険者に係る保険料であつてその産前産後休業を開始した日の属する月からその産前産後休業が終了する日の翌日が属する月の前月までの期間に係るものの徴収は行わない。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave…
育児休業等をしている被保険者（次条の規定の適用を受けている被保険者を除く。第三項において同じ。）が使用される事業所の事業主が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をしたときは、前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ…
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「実施機関」
The body that runs the employees' pension insurance business for each group of insureds, as Article 2-5, paragraph (1) assigns it: the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for category I EPI insureds; National Public Servants Mutual Aid Associations and their Federation for category II; mutual aid associations of local government officials, the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel and the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials for category III; and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan for category IV.
Defined inArticle 2-5, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
category II EPI insured
「第二号厚生年金被保険者」
An insured covered by employees' pension insurance (厚生年金保険) who is a member of a National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association (国家公務員共済組合), as Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act provides; for these insureds the implementing organizations (実施機関), which handle matters such as their status, insured periods, insurance benefits and insurance premiums, are those mutual aid associations and the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations (国家公務員共済組合連合会).
Short name set inArticle 2-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)
category III EPI insured
「第三号厚生年金被保険者」
An insured covered by employees' pension insurance (厚生年金保険) who is a member of a mutual aid association of local government officials (地方公務員共済組合), as Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act provides; for these insureds the implementing organizations (実施機関), which handle matters such as their status, insured periods, insurance benefits and insurance premiums, are those mutual aid associations, the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel (全国市町村職員共済組合連合会) and the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials (地方公務員共済組合連合会).
Short name set inArticle 2-5, paragraph (1), item (iii)
place of business
「事業所」
Short for a place of business or an office (事業所又は事務所).
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)
childcare/parental leave
「育児休業等」
Childcare leave (育児休業) under Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members, leave under the measures corresponding to the childcare leave system that its Article 23, paragraph (2) and Article 24, paragraph (1) (as to its item (ii)) provide for, and childcare leave under the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of Diet Officers, the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of National Public Officers (including as applied under its Article 27, paragraph (1) and the Act on Temporary Measures concerning Court Officials), the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of Local Public Officers and the Act on Childcare Leave for Judges.
Short name set inArticle 23-2, paragraph (1)
insured's maternity leave
「産前産後休業」
Not working, for reasons of pregnancy or childbirth, during the period from 42 days (98 days for a multiple pregnancy) before childbirth — counted from the expected date where the birth comes later — to 56 days after it; for an insured who is a mariner (船員), other than one who is a member of a national or local public officers' mutual aid association, not serving under Article 87, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Mariners Act.
Defined inArticle 23-3, paragraph (1)
base month
「基準月」
In Article 26, the month before the month in which an insured or former insured began raising a child under three (or, if they were not insured in that month, the latest month within the year before it in which they were insured); its standard monthly remuneration (標準報酬月額), as the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration (従前標準報酬月額), is used for months of the child-raising period in which the actual amount is lower, where the person applies under that Article.
Short name set inArticle 26, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration
「従前標準報酬月額」
In Article 26, paragraph (1), the standard monthly remuneration (標準報酬月額) for the base month (基準月) — broadly, the month before the person began raising a child under three — or, where that of another child's base month is already being used, that amount; for months of the child-raising period in which the actual amount is lower, it is treated as the monthly amount on which the average standardized amount of remuneration (平均標準報酬額) is based, where the person applies.
Short name set inArticle 26, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
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「平均標準報酬額」
Except in Article 17-6, paragraph (1) and Article 29, paragraph (3) of the supplementary provisions (附則), the total of each insured month's standard monthly remuneration (標準報酬月額) and standard bonus amount (標準賞与額), each multiplied by the revaluation rate (再評価率) for the beneficiary's class, divided by the number of insured months; under Article 43, paragraph (1), 5.481/1000 of it times the number of insured months gives the employees' old-age pension.
Defined inArticle 43, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-6, paragraph (1); and Supplementary Provisions, Article 29, paragraph (3)
order of the competent ministrymachine translation
「主務省令」
In this Act, an order (命令) issued, as a Cabinet Order (政令) provides, by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or the competent minister under Article 144-29, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act — except that the order under Article 79-8, paragraphs (1) and (2) is issued by the minister with jurisdiction (所管大臣), and the order under Article 79-9, paragraph (1) by the Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare, of Finance, of Internal Affairs and Communications, and of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Defined inArticle 100-3-3, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law