The childcare short-time work benefits are paid for the month subject to payment where an insured person has, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, engaged in work with shortened prescribed working hours in order to take care of their child under two years old (referred to as "childcare short-time work" in this Section), when the period deemed to be the insured period is a total of 12 months or more within the two-year period preceding the day on which the childcare short-time work (if the insured person has engaged in childcare short-time work two or more times with respect to the child, the first childcare short-time work) was commenced (for an insured person who, during the two-year period preceding the day on which the childcare short-time work (if the insured person has engaged in childcare short-time work two or more times with respect to the child, the first childcare short-time work) was commenced, was continuously unable to receive payment of wages for 30 days or more due to disease, injury or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the period obtained by adding the number of days for which payment of wages could not be received due to the reason to two years (when that period exceeds four years, four years)), or when the insured person, having received payment of the childcare leave benefits with respect to the child pertaining to the childcare short-time work, has engaged in childcare short-time work (if the insured person has engaged in childcare short-time work two or more times with respect to the child, the first childcare short-time work; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraphs (3) and (6)) continuously after the end of the childcare leave pertaining to those childcare leave benefits, or, having received payment of the parental leave benefits, has engaged in childcare short-time work continuously after the end of the parental leave pertaining to those parental leave benefits.
育児時短就業給付金は、被保険者が、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その二歳に満たない子を養育するための所定労働時間を短縮することによる就業（以下この節において「育児時短就業」という。）をした場合において、当該育児時短就業（当該子について二回以上の育児時短就業をした場合にあつては、初回の育児時短就業とする。）を開始した日前二年間（当該育児時短就業（当該子について二回以上の育児時短就業をした場合にあつては、初回の育児時短就業とする。）を開始した日前二年間に疾病、負傷その他厚生労働省令で定める理由により引き続き三十日以上賃金の支払を受けることができなかつた被保険者については、当該理由により賃金の支払を受けることができなかつた日数を二年に加算した期間（その期間が四年を超えるときは、四年間））にみなし被保険者期間が通算して十二箇月以上であつたとき、又は当該被保険者が育児時短就業に係る子について、育児休業給付金の支給を受けていた場合であつて当該育児休業給付金に係る育児休業終了後引き続き育児時短就業（当該子について二回以上の育児時短就業をした場合にあつては、初回の育児時短就業とする。以下この項、第三項及び第六項において同じ。）をしたとき、若しくは出生時育児休業給付金の支給を受けていた場合であつて当該出生時育児休業給付金に係る出生時育児休業終了後引き続き育児時短就業をしたときに、支給対象月について支給する。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when the amount of wages paid in the month subject to payment is equal to or more than the amount determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the median amount of wages of the workers belonging to the bracket pertaining to the highest amount of wages among the brackets into which workers are classified, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, according to the level of their amount of wages (referred to as the "payment amount limit" in paragraphs (6) and (9)), the childcare short-time work benefits are not paid for that month subject to payment.
The "period deemed to be the insured period" referred to in paragraph (1) is the period equivalent to the insured period to be calculated when the provisions of Article 14 (excluding paragraph (2), item (iii)) have been applied, deeming the day on which childcare short-time work was commenced to be the day on which the person ceased to be an insured person.
With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph to an insured person who has taken absence from work under the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act and whose period deemed to be the insured period prescribed in the preceding paragraph is less than 12 months, the phrase "within the two-year period preceding the day on which the childcare short-time work (if the insured person has engaged in childcare short-time work two or more times with respect to the child, the first childcare short-time work) was commenced" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "within the two-year period preceding the special basis day (meaning the day on which the insured person commenced absence from work under the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act with respect to the child (if it is found inappropriate to use that day for a reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the day specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with that reason); the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3))", and the phrase "(for an insured person who, during the two-year period preceding the day on which the childcare short-time work (if the insured person has engaged in childcare short-time work two or more times with respect to the child, the first childcare short-time work) was commenced" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "(for an insured person who, during the two-year period preceding the special basis day"; and the phrase "the day on which childcare short-time work was commenced" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the special basis day".
労働基準法第六十五条第二項の規定による休業をした被保険者であつて、前項に規定するみなし被保険者期間が十二箇月に満たないものについての第一項及び前項の規定の適用については、第一項中「、当該育児時短就業（当該子について二回以上の育児時短就業をした場合にあつては、初回の育児時短就業とする。）を開始した日」とあるのは「、特例基準日（当該子について労働基準法第六十五条第一項の規定による休業を開始した日（厚生労働省令で定める理由により当該日によることが適当でないと認められる場合においては、当該理由に応じて厚生労働省令で定める日）をいう。以下この項及び第三項において同じ。）」と、「（当該育児時短就業（当該子について二回以上の育児時短就業をした場合にあつては、初回の育児時短就業とする。）を開始した日」とあるのは「（特例基準日」と、前項中「育児時短就業を開始した日」とあるのは「特例基準日」とする。
The term "month subject to payment" as used in this Article means a month within the period from the month containing the day on which the insured person commenced childcare short-time work to the month containing the day on which the childcare short-time work ended (limited to a month throughout which, from the first day to the last day of the month, the insured person was an insured person and did not take absence from work for which the insured person is able to receive payment of the nursing care leave benefits, or the childcare leave benefits, the parental leave benefits or the post-birth leave support benefits, or leave for which the insured person is able to receive payment of the educational training leave benefits).
The amount of the childcare short-time work benefits for a single month subject to payment is the amount obtained, in accordance with the classification listed in the following items, by multiplying the amount of wages paid in the month subject to payment by the rates prescribed in the items; provided, however, that where the amount obtained by adding the amount of wages to that amount exceeds the payment amount limit, it is to be the amount obtained by deducting the amount of wages from the payment amount limit:
when the amount of wages is less than the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying by 30 the daily amount of wages at the commencement of childcare short-time work (meaning the amount equivalent to the daily amount of wages to be calculated when the provisions of Article 17 have been applied, deeming the insured person who is able to receive payment of the childcare short-time work benefits to be a qualified recipient and the day before the day on which the insured person commenced the childcare short-time work pertaining to payment of the childcare short-time work benefits to be the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification (if the insured person, having received payment of the childcare leave benefits with respect to the child pertaining to the childcare short-time work, has engaged in childcare short-time work continuously after the end of the childcare leave pertaining to those childcare leave benefits, the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence prescribed in Article 61-7, paragraph (6), and if the insured person, having received payment of the parental leave benefits, has engaged in childcare short-time work continuously after the end of the parental leave pertaining to those parental leave benefits, the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence prescribed in Article 61-8, paragraph (4)); the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph): 10 percent; and
当該賃金の額が、育児時短就業開始時賃金日額（育児時短就業給付金の支給を受けることができる被保険者を受給資格者と、当該被保険者が当該育児時短就業給付金の支給に係る育児時短就業を開始した日の前日を受給資格に係る離職の日とみなして第十七条の規定を適用した場合に算定されることとなる賃金日額に相当する額（当該被保険者が、当該育児時短就業に係る子について、育児休業給付金の支給を受けていた場合であつて当該育児休業給付金に係る育児休業終了後引き続き育児時短就業をしたときは第六十一条の七第六項に規定する休業開始時賃金日額とし、出生時育児休業給付金の支給を受けていた場合であつて当該出生時育児休業給付金に係る出生時育児休業終了後引き続き育児時短就業をしたときは第六十一条の八第四項に規定する休業開始時賃金日額とする。）をいう。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）に三十を乗じて得た額の百分の九十に相当する額未満であるとき 百分の十
when the amount of wages is equal to or more than the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying by 30 the daily amount of wages at the commencement of childcare short-time work and less than the amount equivalent to 100 percent of that amount: the rate specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so as to decrease at a fixed rate from 10 percent in accordance with the degree to which the ratio of the amount of wages to the amount obtained by multiplying by 30 the daily amount of wages at the commencement of childcare short-time work exceeds 90 percent.
当該賃金の額が、育児時短就業開始時賃金日額に三十を乗じて得た額の百分の九十に相当する額以上百分の百に相当する額未満であるとき 育児時短就業開始時賃金日額に三十を乗じて得た額に対する当該賃金の額の割合が百分の九十を超える大きさの程度に応じ、百分の十から一定の割合で逓減するように厚生労働省令で定める率
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 17 in the case where the daily amount of wages at the commencement of childcare short-time work is calculated pursuant to the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the phrase "the proviso of paragraph (1)" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the proviso of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), item (iii)", and the phrase "the amount listed in item (ii)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the amount specified in item (ii), (c)".
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (6), the childcare short-time work benefits are not paid for the month subject to payment, when the amount calculated as the amount of the childcare short-time work benefits for the month subject to payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) does not exceed the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount listed in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (i) (when that amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount).
When the average earnings for the fiscal year have either exceeded or fallen below the average earnings for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2023 (where the payment amount limit has been changed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of the most recent change), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must change the payment amount limit applicable from August 1 of the following fiscal year, in accordance with the rate of increase or decrease.
If a person who is able to receive payment of the childcare short-time work benefits is able to receive payment of the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly or the re-employment benefits for the elderly with regard to the same employment, the childcare short-time work benefits are not paid when the person has received payment of the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly or the re-employment benefits for the elderly, and the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly or the re-employment benefits for the elderly are not paid when the person has received payment of the childcare short-time work benefits.
育児時短就業給付金の支給を受けることができる者が、同一の就業につき高年齢雇用継続基本給付金又は高年齢再就職給付金の支給を受けることができる場合において、その者が高年齢雇用継続基本給付金又は高年齢再就職給付金の支給を受けたときは育児時短就業給付金を支給せず、育児時短就業給付金の支給を受けたときは高年齢雇用継続基本給付金又は高年齢再就職給付金を支給しない。