# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第八十一条の二 (Article 81-2)

- Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号
- English title "Employees' Pension Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八十一条の二 (Article 81-2)（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例） — address `art-81-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八十一条の二（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Collection of Insurance Premiums during Childcare Leave)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-81-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2</sup>

**第一項**  育児休業等をしている被保険者（次条の規定の適用を受けている被保険者を除く。第三項において同じ。）が使用される事業所の事業主が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をしたときは、前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める月の当該被保険者に係る保険料（その育児休業等の期間が一月以下である者については、標準報酬月額に係る保険料に限る。）の徴収は行わない。
<sup>art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3)) is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified by order of the competent ministry, the insurance premiums for the insured for the month specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category of cases set out in that item (limited, for a person whose childcare/parental leave period is one month or less, to the insurance premiums relating to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration) are not collected:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月とその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月とが異なる場合　その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月からその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月の前月までの月
  <sup>art-81-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  in the case where the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins differs from the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave: the months from the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins until the month preceding the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  その育児休業等を開始した日の属する月とその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月とが同一であり、かつ、当該月における育児休業等の日数として厚生労働省令で定めるところにより計算した日数が十四日以上である場合　当該月
  <sup>art-81-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  in the case where the month including the date on which the childcare/parental leave begins is the same as the month including the day after the last day of the childcare/parental leave, and the number of days of childcare/parental leave in that month, calculated as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is 14 days or more: that month.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第二号厚生年金被保険者又は第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料について、前項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「同じ。）が使用される事業所の事業主」とあるのは、「同じ。）」とする。
<sup>art-81-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-2</sup>
When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to insurance premiums for a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3)) is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable; the same applies in paragraph (3))".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  被保険者が連続する二以上の育児休業等をしている場合（これに準ずる場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合を含む。）における第一項の規定の適用については、その全部を一の育児休業等とみなす。
<sup>art-81-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-3</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) in the case where an insured is on two or more consecutive instances of childcare/parental leave (including cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto), all of them are deemed to be one instance of childcare/parental leave.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-81-2/par-1: 次条 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二の二 (Article 81-2-2), art-81-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2-2
- art-81-2/par-1: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第三項 (Article 81-2, paragraph (3)), art-81-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-3
- art-81-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-2
- art-81-2/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第一項 (Article 81-2, paragraph (1)), art-81-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1
- art-81-2/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第一項 (Article 81-2, paragraph (1)), art-81-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1

## Cited by

11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 第二十六条第一項第五号（三歳に満たない子を養育する被保険者等の標準報酬月額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-26/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-26/par-1/item-5
- 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第一項（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第二項（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条の二第三項（育児休業期間中の保険料の徴収の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81-2/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 第八十四条の二第一項（保険料の徴収等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-84-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-84-2/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第二十七号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-4/par-1/item-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-27
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第二十九号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-29
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第十二項（第四種被保険者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-12
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十一条第一項（育児休業期間中の被保険者及び加入員の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-11/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十七条第二項（育児休業等期間中の被保険者及び加入員の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-37/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5031-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5031-66/art-5/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-001, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13