Article 13Consideration Regarding Pregnancy, Childbirth, Childcare, or Nursing Care
第十三条（妊娠、出産若しくは育児又は介護に対する配慮）
In response to a request from a specified entrusted business operator that is the other party to the relevant business entrustment (limited to business entrusted for a period equivalent to or longer than the period specified by Cabinet Order (including business to be entrusted continuously for a period equivalent to or longer than the period specified by Cabinet Order after the relevant business entrustment contract is renewed); referred to below as "continued business entrustment" in this Article and Article 16, paragraph (1)), the specified entrusting business operator must give due consideration to the circumstances of the specified entrusted business operator (if the specified entrusted business operator is a corporation stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii), its representative) so that the specified entrusted business operator can engage in the continued business entrustment while maintaining a balance with pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, or nursing care (referred to below as "childcare and nursing care, etc. " in this Article).
特定業務委託事業者は、その行う業務委託（政令で定める期間以上の期間行うもの（当該業務委託に係る契約の更新により当該政令で定める期間以上継続して行うこととなるものを含む。）に限る。以下この条及び第十六条第一項において「継続的業務委託」という。）の相手方である特定受託事業者からの申出に応じて、当該特定受託事業者（当該特定受託事業者が第二条第一項第二号に掲げる法人である場合にあっては、その代表者）が妊娠、出産若しくは育児又は介護（以下この条において「育児介護等」という。）と両立しつつ当該継続的業務委託に係る業務に従事することができるよう、その者の育児介護等の状況に応じた必要な配慮をしなければならない。
In response to a request from a specified entrusted enterprise that is the other party to the relevant business entrustment that is not continued business entrustment, a specified entrusting business operator must endeavor to give due consideration to the circumstances of the specified entrusted business related to childcare and nursing care, etc. (if the specified entrusted business operator is a corporation stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii), its representative) so that the specified entrusted business operator can engage in the entrusted business while maintaining a balance with childcare and nursing care, etc..