A worker may take caregiver leave upon applying to their employer; provided, however, that a worker employed for a fixed period of time may only file that application in cases where it is not clear that the term of the person's labor contract expires before the day on which six months elapse from the day on which ninety-three days elapse from the scheduled start date for caregiver leave prescribed in paragraph (3).
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a worker who has taken caregiver leave may not file an application under the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to an applicable family member for whom the worker has already taken caregiver leave in cases where the relevant applicable family member falls under any of the following items:
with regard to the applicable family member, caregiver leave has been taken three times; or
with regard to the applicable family member, the total of the number of days on which caregiver leave has been taken (meaning the number of days from the start day until the end day of caregiver leave, and in the case of taking caregiver leave for two or more times, the number of days obtained by addition of the total numbers of days of each caregiver leave from the start day until the end day; referred to in Article 15, paragraph (1) as "number of days for caregiver leave") has reached 93 days.
An application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "application for caregiver leave") must be filed by making clear that the applicable family member in the application for caregiver leave is requiring caregiving and, with regard to a continued period for caregiver leave pertaining to the applicable family member, and the first day thereof (hereinafter referred to as "scheduled start date for caregiver leave") and last day thereof (hereinafter referred to as "scheduled end date for caregiver leave") as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The provisions of the proviso of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) (excluding item (ii)) do not apply to cases where a person employed for a fixed period of time who takes caregiver leave having designated the last day of the person's labor contract period as the scheduled end date for caregiver leave (or, in cases where the caregiver leave scheduled end date is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, the changed scheduled end date for caregiver leave) files an application for caregiver leave, due to the renewal of the labor contract, in which the first day of the renewed labor contract period is the scheduled start date for caregiver leave.
(Application for Caregiver Leave)
A worker may take caregiver leave upon applying to their employer; provided, however, that a worker employed for a fixed period of time may only file that application in cases where it is not clear…
労働者は、その事業主に申し出ることにより、介護休業をすることができる。ただし、期間を定めて雇用される者にあっては、第三項に規定する介護休業開始予定日から起算して九十三日を経過する日から六月を経過する日までに、その労働契約が満了することが明らかでない者に限り、当該申出をすることができる。
Open this provision(Application for Caregiver Leave)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a worker who has taken caregiver leave may not file an application under the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to an…
前項の規定にかかわらず、介護休業をしたことがある労働者は、当該介護休業に係る対象家族が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該対象家族については、同項の規定による申出をすることができない。
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with regard to the applicable family member, the total of the number of days on which caregiver leave has been taken…
当該対象家族について介護休業をした日数（介護休業を開始した日から介護休業を終了した日までの日数とし、二回以上の介護休業をした場合にあっては、介護休業ごとに、当該介護休業を開始した日から当該介護休業を終了した日までの日数を合算して得た日数とする。第十五条第一項において「介護休業日数」という。）が九十三日に達している場合
Open this provision(Application for Caregiver Leave)
An application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "application for caregiver leave") must be filed by making clear that the applicable family member in the…
第一項の規定による申出（以下「介護休業申出」という。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、介護休業申出に係る対象家族が要介護状態にあることを明らかにし、かつ、その期間中は当該対象家族に係る介護休業をすることとする一の期間について…
Open this provision(Application for a Change to the Scheduled End Date for Caregiver Leave)
The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an application for a change of the scheduled end date for caregiver leave.
第七条第三項の規定は、介護休業終了予定日の変更の申出について準用する。
Open this provision(Period of Caregiver Leave)
A period for which a worker who has filed an application for caregiver leave may take caregiver leave (hereinafter referred to as a "period of caregiver leave") is to be between the scheduled start…
介護休業申出をした労働者がその期間中は介護休業をすることができる期間（以下「介護休業期間」という。）は、当該介護休業申出に係る介護休業開始予定日とされた日から介護休業終了予定日とされた日（その日が当該介護休業開始予定日とされた日から起算して九十三日から当該労働者の当該介護休業申出に係る対象家族についての介護休業日数を…
Open this provision(Application for a Change to the Scheduled Start Date for Childcare Leave)
A worker who has filed an application for childcare leave may change the scheduled end date for the childcare leave to the day which falls after the scheduled end date for the childcare leave only…
育児休業申出をした労働者は、厚生労働省令で定める日までにその事業主に申し出ることにより、当該育児休業申出に係る育児休業終了予定日を一回に限り当該育児休業終了予定日とされた日後の日に変更することができる。
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「介護休業」
Leave from work that a worker takes under Chapter III to care for an applicable family member (対象家族) in a condition requiring caregiving (要介護状態) — up to three times, and 93 days in total, for each family member (Article 11).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
requiring caregiving
「要介護状態」
A condition in which a person needs constant care, over a period a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, because of injury, illness, or physical or mental disability.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
applicable family member
「対象家族」
A worker's spouse (including a partner in a marriage not registered but lived as one), parents and children — with people a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) treats as equivalent to them — and the spouse's parents.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
number of days for caregiver leave
「介護休業日数」
The total number of days a worker has spent on caregiver leave (介護休業) for one family member, counting each leave from its first day to its last; once it reaches 93, the worker can apply for no more caregiver leave for that family member (Article 11, paragraph 2).
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (2), item (ii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 15, paragraph (1)
application for caregiver leave
「介護休業申出」
A worker's application to the employer for caregiver leave (介護休業) under Article 11, paragraph 1, which must show that the family member is in a condition requiring caregiving (要介護状態) and give the first and last days of the leave.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (3)
scheduled end date for caregiver leave
「介護休業終了予定日」
The last day of caregiver leave (介護休業) that a worker gives when applying for it (Article 11, paragraph 3).
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (3)
scheduled start date for caregiver leave
「介護休業開始予定日」
The first day of caregiver leave (介護休業) that a worker gives when applying for it (Article 11, paragraph 3).
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (3)