①A worker who has filed an application for caregiver leave may withdraw the application on or before the day preceding the scheduled start date for the caregiver leave in the application (in cases where an employer designates the day pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (3), the day designated by the employer; the same applies in Article 8, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article).

②In cases where an application for the caregiver leave is withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the first application for caregiver leave filed after the withdrawal with regard to the applicable family member subject to the withdrawal is withdrawn, an employer may refuse a subsequent application for caregiver leave with regard to the applicable family member, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1).

③The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to an application for caregiver leave. In this case, the terms "child" and "childcare" in the same paragraph are deemed to be replaced respectively with "applicable family member" and "caregiving."