Enforcement Regulations for the Law Concerning the Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members, Including Child Care and Family Care Leave

CHAPTER IV.  MEASURES THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO ADOPT

Matters Provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare As Prescribed in Article 21, Paragraph 1, Numbered Item 3 of the Law

Article 32. The matters provided for by ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 21, paragraph 1, numbered item 3 of the Law shall be as follows:

	(1)	matters concerning the appropriate time for a worker to begin working after a term of child care leave has ended due to circumstances provided for in Article 9, paragraph 2, numbered item 1 of the Law or a term of family care leave has ended due to circumstances provided for in Article 15, paragraph 3, numbered item 1 of the Law; and
	(2)	matters concerning the method by which a worker will pay to the employer any social insurance premium that is to be borne by the worker during a term of child care leave or family care leave.

Clear Statement of Treatment Provided for by Article 21, Paragraph 2 of the Law

Article 33. The clear statement of treatment provided for by Article 21, paragraph 2 of the Law shall be made promptly after receiving an application for child care leave or family care leave by issuing a clear written statement of what the treatment of the worker who made said application will be.

Measures Provided for in Article 23 of the Law

Article 34. The measures provided for in Article 23, paragraph 1 of the Law shall be taken by the method listed in any of the following numbered items:

	(1)	establishing a system of part-time work to be applied, at the worker's request, to workers referred to in Article 23, paragraph 1 of the Law (referred to hereafter in this paragraph as “Workers”);
	(2)	establishing, to be applied to Workers who so request, either: [a] a system of working hours provided for in Article 32-3 of the Labour Standards Law, or [b] a system of moving the work starting time or work ending time forward or back without changing the number of prescribed working hours per day;
	(3)	establishing a system in which Workers who so request are not required to work in excess of the prescribed working hours;
	(4)	establishing and operating child care facilities, or providing other equivalent arrangements, for Workers' children aged less than three years.
2.	The measures provided for in Article 23, paragraph 2 of the Law shall be taken by the method listed in any of the following numbered items:
	(1)	establishing a system of part-time work to be applied, at the worker's request, to workers referred to in Article 23, paragraph 2 of the Law (referred to hereafter in this paragraph as “Workers”);
	(2)	establishing either of the systems provided for in [a] and [b] of numbered item 2 of the preceding paragraph, to be applied to Workers who so request;
	(3)	establishing a system to subsidize the costs that a Worker who takes care of a Subject Family Member in need of care incurs in using a service that takes over the care of said Subject Family Member while said Worker is working, or other equivalent system.

Appointment of a Work-Family Coexistence Facilitation Officer

Article 34-2. An employer shall appoint as Work-Family Coexistence Facilitation Officer a person to take charge of the duties provided for in Article 29 of the Law, selected from among persons recognized as having the knowledge and experience necessary to perform said duties.

(Articles 35 through 60 omitted.)

 

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