A worker may take childcare leave (excluding the parental leave prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (1); the same applies in this Article through Article (9) upon applying to their employer if the child that worker takes care of is less than one year of age; provided, however, that a person employed for a fixed period of time may only file that application in cases where it is not clear that the term of that person's labor contract (or, if the labor contract has been renewed, the renewed labor contract; the same applies in paragraph (3), Article 9-2, paragraph (1), and Article 11, paragraph (1)) expires before the date on which the child that worker takes care of reaches one year and six months of age.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a worker who has taken childcare leave (excluding childcare leave to be taken based on the application for childcare leave set forth in paragraph (7)) twice within the period before the date on which the child that worker takes care of reaches one year of age (hereinafter referred to as "date on which the child reaches one year of age") (excluding the period during which the worker does not take care of that child) may not file the application under the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to that child, except in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
A worker may take childcare leave upon applying to their employer if the child that worker takes care of is between one year and one year and six months of age, only when that worker falls under both of the following items (or, in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, when that worker falls under item (ii)); provided, however, that a worker employed for a fixed term (excluding a worker who takes childcare leave on the date on which the child reaches one year of age and files an application in which the day following that day is deemed as the scheduled start date for childcare leave set forth in paragraph (6)) may only file that application, in cases where it is not clear that their labor contract expires before the date on which the child reaches one year and six months of age.
the worker or the worker's spouse is taking childcare leave for a child in the application until the date on which the child reaches one year of age;
leave during the period after the date on which the child reaches one year of age falls under the cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare where taking leave would be found to be particularly necessary for continuing employment; and
当該子の一歳到達日後の期間について休業することが雇用の継続のために特に必要と認められる場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当する場合
the worker has never taken childcare leave based on the application under the provisions of this paragraph for any period after the date on which the child reaches one year of age.
A worker may take childcare leave upon applying to their employer if the child that worker takes care of is between one year and six months and two years of age, only when that worker falls under both of the following items (or, in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in the preceding paragraph, if that worker falls under item (ii)).
the worker or the worker's spouse is taking childcare leave for a child in the application on the day on which the child reaches one year and six months of age (hereinafter referred to as "date on which the child reaches one year and six months of age");
当該申出に係る子について、当該労働者又はその配偶者が、当該子の一歳六か月に達する日（以下「一歳六か月到達日」という。）において育児休業をしている場合
leave during the period after the date the child reaches one year and six months of age falls under the cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare where taking leave would be found to be particularly necessary for continuing employment; and
当該子の一歳六か月到達日後の期間について休業することが雇用の継続のために特に必要と認められる場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当する場合
the worker has never taken childcare leave under the application under the provisions of this paragraph for any period after the date on which the child reaches one year and six months of age.
The provisions of the proviso of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "one year and six months" in the proviso of paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "two years."
An application under the provisions of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) (hereinafter referred to as an "application for childcare leave") must be filed, with regard to a continued period for childcare leave, by making the first day thereof clear (hereinafter referred to as the "scheduled start date for childcare leave") and the last day thereof (hereinafter referred to as the "scheduled end date for childcare leave") as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, applications set forth in the following items must be filed by deeming the day prescribed respectively in those items as the scheduled start date for childcare leave, except in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in paragraph (3).
application under the provisions of paragraph (3):the day following the date on which a child in the application reaches one year of age (or, in cases where a spouse of the applying worker takes childcare leave upon filing the application under the provisions of the same paragraph, the day or prior to the day following the scheduled end date for that childcare leave); or
application under the provisions of paragraph (4):the day following the date on which a child in the application reaches one year and six months of age (or, if a spouse of the applying worker takes childcare leave upon filing an application under the provisions of the same paragraph, the day or prior to the day following the scheduled end date for that childcare leave).
The provisions of the proviso of paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (3) (excluding items (i) and (ii)), paragraph (4) (excluding items (i) and (ii)), paragraph (5), and the second sentence of the preceding paragraph do not apply to cases where a person employed for a fixed period of time who takes childcare leave, having designated the last day of the labor contract period as the scheduled end date for childcare leave (or, in cases where the relevant scheduled end date for childcare leave is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3), the changed scheduled end date for childcare leave) files an application for that childcare 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 childcare leave.