Article 1The period specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 2, item (iii) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") shall be two weeks or more.

Article 2A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 2, item (iv) of the Act shall be a grandparent, brother, sister, and grandchild who is living with the worker and supported thereby.

Article 3Relatives specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 2, item (v) of the Act shall be relatives (excluding subject family members specified in item (iv) of the same Article (hereinafter referred to as a "Subject Family Member")) living with the worker.

Article 4The special circumstances specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare which are referred to in Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows:

Article 4-2Cases specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 5, paragraph (3), item (ii) of the Act are as follows:

Article 5(1)An application for Childcare Leave set forth in Article 5, paragraph (4) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "Childcare Leave Application") must be filed by notifying the employer of the particulars listed in the following items (limited to the particulars listed in items (i), (ii) and (iv) in the case prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act):

(2)The application set forth in the preceding paragraph and the notice set forth in paragraph (8) must be made or given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Applications and notices made or given by means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)Employers must, when a Childcare Leave Application is filed, promptly notify the worker of the particulars listed as follows:

(5)The notice set forth in the preceding paragraph must be given by any of the following means (only if the worker desires so in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii))

(6)Notice given by means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the worker when it is received by a facsimile machine used by said worker, and by means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph when it is received by a communication terminal used by said worker.

(7)An employer may, when a Childcare Leave Application set forth in paragraph (1) is filed, have the worker who filed said application submit documents certifying pregnancy, and the birth (or the expected date of confinement in cases where the child relating to said Childcare Leave Application is not yet born at the time of filing said Childcare Leave Application) or adoption of the child relating to said Childcare Leave Application, or facts listed in items (vii) through (xii) of the same paragraph; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act.

(8)When the child relating to the Childcare Leave Application is born after said application is filed, the worker who filed said Childcare Leave Application must promptly notify their employer of said child's name and date of birth, and the child's relationship with said worker.In this case, the employer may have said worker submit a document that certifies the fact of the birth of said child.

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Article 7Persons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are as follows:

Article 8Pursuant to the provision of the proviso of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act, procedures and other matters required for an employer's refusal of a Childcare Leave Application from a worker, and terminating Childcare Leave because a worker who is taking Childcare Leave becomes a worker specified as being unable to take Childcare Leave shall be in accordance with the provisions of the written agreement set forth in the proviso of the same paragraph.

Article 9Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 10The date specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act shall be the day on which a week elapses from the day following the date of Childcare Leave Application.

Article 11(1)Designation set forth in Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act must be implemented by notifying the worker who filed the Childcare Leave Application of the day designated as the Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date on or before said Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date (in cases where the Scheduled Start Date falls after the day on which three days elapse from the day following said Childcare Leave Application, the day on which three days elapse from the day following the date of said application).

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (5) and (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notice set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Article 12(1)Any application for a change of the Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to as a "Change of Date Application" hereinafter in this Article and Article 14) must be filed by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows:

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2) through (6) (excluding paragraph (4) item (iii)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to Change of Date Applications. In this case, the term "Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act" in Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act."

(3)When a Change of Date Application set forth in paragraph (1) is filed, an employer may have the worker who filed said application submit documents that certify the fact listed in item (iv) of the same paragraph.

Article 13The period specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act shall be one week.

Article 14Designation set forth in Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act shall be implemented by issuing documentation stating the day designated as the changed Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date to the worker who filed the application for the change on or before the changed Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date (in cases where the changed Scheduled Start Date falls after the day on which three days elapse from the day following the date of Change of Date Application for Childcare Leave, the day on which three days elapse from the day following the date of said application).

Article 15The date specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act shall be one month prior to the end date of Childcare Leave in the application for Childcare Leave (or two weeks prior to said end date in the case of the application set forth in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act).

Article 16(1)The application for a change of the Childcare Leave Scheduled End Date set forth in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act (referred to as a "Change of Date Application" hereinafter in this Article) must be filed by notifying the employer of the matters listed as follows:

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2) through (6) (excluding paragraph (4) item (iii)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to Change of Date Applications. In this case, the term "Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date (or the date designated by said employer in the case of designation pursuant to the provision of Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act)" in Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) shall be deemed to be replaced with "Childcare Leave Scheduled Start Date."

Article 17(1)Withdrawal of a Childcare Leave Application set forth in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act must be implemented by notifying the employer to that effect and of the date of said withdrawal.

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2) through (6) (excluding paragraph (4), items (ii) and (iii)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Article 18Special Circumstances specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows:

Article 19Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 20The provisions of the preceding Article (excluding item (v)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 9, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act.

Article 20-2(1)Technical replacement of terms under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Act shall be as described in the following table:

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions listed in the left column of the following table in cases where the spouse of a worker is taking Childcare Leave for taking care of the worker's child on any day before the Date of One Year of Age of said child under Article 9-2 of the Act, the wording of these provisions listed in the middle column of the same table shall be deemed to be replaced with the wording listed in the corresponding right column of the same table.

Article 21Special circumstances specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 11, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act are as follows:

Article 21-2Measures specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 11, paragraph (2), item (ii) (b) of the Act shall be those that are listed in items of paragraph (3) of Article 34 and that clearly indicate that an employer takes measures as specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 11, paragraph (2), item (ii) (b) of the Act and notifies the workers subject to said measures of the start date of said measures.

Article 22(1)Caregiver Leave Applications must be filed by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows (limited to the particulars listed in items (i), (ii) and (vi) in the case prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act):

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2) through (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to Caregiver Leave Applications.In this case, the term "Article 6 paragraph (3)" in Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 12, paragraph (3)."

3) An employer may, when a Caregiver Leave Application set forth in paragraph (1) is filed, have the worker who filed said application submit documents that certify the facts listed in items (iii) through (v) and item (viii) of the same paragraph; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act.3) An employer may, when a Caregiver Leave Application set forth in paragraph (1) is filed, have the worker who filed said application submit documents that certify the facts listed in items (iii) through (v) and item (viii) of the same paragraph; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act.

Article 23Persons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows:

Article 24The provisions of Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures, etc. for the case referred to in the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act.

Article 25(1)Designation set forth in Article 12, paragraph (3) of the Act must be implemented by notifying the worker who filed a Caregiver Leave Application of the day designated as the Caregiver Leave Scheduled Start Date on or before the Caregiver Leave Scheduled Start Date (in cases where the Scheduled Start Date falls after the day on which three days elapse from the day following the date of the Caregiver Leave Application, the day on which three days elapse from the day following the date of said application)

(2)The provision of Article 11, paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the designation set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Article 26The date specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in of Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13 of the Act shall be two weeks prior to the Caregiver Leave Scheduled End Date in the Caregiver Leave Application.

Article 27The provisions of Article 16 shall apply mutatis mutandis to an application for a change of the Caregiver Leave Scheduled End Date set forth in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13 of the Act.

Article 28The provisions of Article 17 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a withdrawal of Caregiver Leave Applications set forth in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 29Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 14, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 29-2The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 15, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Act.

Article 29-3The caring of a child specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act relates to having said child vaccinated or undergo a medical examination.

Article 30(1)An application pursuant to the provision of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "Time Off for Sick/Injured Childcare Application" in this Article and Article 30-3) must be filed by notifying said applicant's employer of the following particulars:

(2)An employer may, when a Time Off for Sick/Injured Childcare Application is filed, have the worker who filed said application submit a document that certifies the fact listed in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph.

Article 30-2A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-3, paragraph (2) of the Act, shall be a worker set forth in Article 7, item (ii).

Article 30-3A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-3, paragraph (2) of the Act shall be a worker set forth in Article 7, item (ii).

Article 30-4The care specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 16-5, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

Article 30-5(1)An application pursuant to the provision of Article 16-5, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to as an "Application for Time Off for Caregivers" hereinafter in this Article and Article 30-7) must be made by clarifying to the employer the matters listed as follows:

(2)An employer may, when an Application for Time Off for Caregivers is filed, have the worker who filed said application submit documents that certify the facts listed in items (ii), (iii) and (v) of the preceding paragraph.

Article 30-6A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-6, paragraph (2) of the Act, shall be a worker set forth in Article 7, item (ii).

Article 30-7Pursuant to the provision of the proviso of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-6, paragraph (2) of the Act, procedures and other matters required for an employer's refusal of an Application for Time Off for Caregivers from a worker shall be in accordance with the provisions of the written agreement set forth in the proviso of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 30-8A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 16-8, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act shall be a worker whose prescribed working days are two days or fewer per week.

Article 30-9(1)Requests must be made by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows:

(2)The request set forth in the preceding paragraph and the notice set forth in paragraph (5) must be made or given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Requests and notices made or given by the means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by the means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)An employer may, when the request set forth in paragraph (1) is made, have the worker who made said request submit documents certifying pregnancy, and the birth or adoption of the child with respect to said request.

(5)When the child with respect to a request is born after said request is made, the worker who made said request must promptly notify their employer of said child's name and date of birth, and the child's relationship with said worker.In this case, the employer may have said worker submit a document that certifies the fact of birth of said child.

Article 31Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 16-8, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-2The provision of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 16-8, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act.

Article 31-3A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act shall be a worker whose prescribed working days are two days or fewer per week.

Article 31-4(1)Requests must be made by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows:

(2)Requests set forth in the preceding paragraph and the notice set forth in paragraph (5) shall be made or given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Requests and notices made or given by the means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by the means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)An employer may, when the request set forth in paragraph (1) is made, have the worker who made said request submit documents certifying pregnancy, and the birth or adoption of the child with respect to said request.

(5)When the child with respect to the request is born after said request is made, the worker who made said request must promptly notify their employer of said child's name and date of birth, and the relationship with said worker.In this case, the employer may have said worker submit a document that certifies the fact of birth of said child.

Article 31-5Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 17, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-6The provisions of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act.

Article 31-7The provisions of Article 31-3, item (i) shall apply mutatis mutandis to said person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 31-8(1)The request pursuant to the provision of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act, shall be made by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows:

(2)The notice set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be made or given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Notices made or given by the means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by the means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)An employer may, when the request set forth in paragraph (1) is made, have the worker who made said request submit documents that certify the facts listed in items (iii) through (v) of the same paragraph.

Article 31-9Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (3) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-10The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 31-11A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act shall be a family member aged 16 years or older living with the child relating to the request pursuant to the provision of the same paragraph (which means a family member set forth in Article 2, item (v) of the Act) and fall under all of the following items:

Article 31-12A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-13(1)The request pursuant to the provision of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by notifying the employer of the particulars listed as follows:

(2)The request set forth in the preceding paragraph and the notice set forth in paragraph (5) must be made or given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Requests and notices made or given by the means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by the means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)An employer may, when the request set forth in paragraph (1) is made, have the worker who made said request submit documents certifying pregnancy, and the birth or adoption of the child with respect to said request, or the fact listed in item (vi) of the same paragraph.

(5)When the child with respect to the request is born after said request is made, the worker who made said request must promptly notify their employer of said child's name and date of birth, and the child's relationship with said worker.In this case, the employer may have said worker submit documents certifying pregnancy, and the birth of said child.

Article 31-14Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-15The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act.

Article 31-16The provisions of Article 31-11 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act.In this case, the term "child" in Article 31-11 shall be deemed to be replaced with "Subject Family Member" and the terms "child" and "taking care of the child" in item (ii) of the same Article shall be deemed to be replaced respectively with "Subject Family Member" and "taking care of the Subject Family Member."

Article 31-17The provisions of Article 31-12 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 31-18(1)Requests pursuant to the provision of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act, must be made by notifying the employer of the following particulars:

(2)The notice set forth in the preceding paragraph must be given by any of the following means (only if the employer finds said means to be appropriate in the cases referred to in items (ii) and (iii)):

(3)Notices made or given by the means set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a facsimile machine used by said employer, and by the means set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the employer when they are received by a communication terminal used by said employer.

(4)An employer may, when the request set forth in paragraph (1) is made, have the worker who made said request submit documents that certify the facts listed in items (iii) through (v) and item (vii) of the same paragraph.

Article 31-19Reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

Article 31-20The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reasons specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in of Article 19, paragraph (4) item (i) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 32Particulars specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:

Article 33Notification of procedures set forth in Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act shall be made by issuing documentation that clearly states the procedures with respect to a worker who has filed a Childcare Leave or Caregiver Leave Application promptly after the worker filed said application.

Article 33-2A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as workers whose prescribed working hours are short in the main clause of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act shall be a worker whose prescribed working hours are six hours or fewer per day.

Article 33-3A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 23, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act shall be a worker whose prescribed working days are two days or fewer per week.

Article 34(1)Measures to Shorten Prescribed Working Hours prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act must include measures to require six hours in principle as prescribed working hours per day.

(2)Measures Including Change of Starting Time prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Act must be taken in any one of the ways listed as follows which applies to workers who wish to be covered under the system concerned:

(3)Measures set forth in Article 23, paragraph (3) of the Act must be taken in any one of the ways listed as follows:

Article 34-2An employer shall appoint a person who takes charge of duties set forth in Article 29 of the Act as a Promoter for Balancing Work Life and Family Life from among persons who are recognized as having the knowledge and experience required for performing such duties.

Article 35(1)An entity that seeks to be designated pursuant to the provision of Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form that states the matters as follows:

(2)Documentation listed as follows must be attached to the application form set forth in the preceding paragraph:

Article 36A designated corporation prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "Designated Corporation"), in seeking to make a notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of the same Article, must submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare documents describing the particulars listed as follows:

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Article 41A Designated Corporation must, in seeking to make the notification pursuant to the provision of the second sentence of Article 39, paragraph (3) of the Act, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare a notification form that states the following items:

Article 42The particulars to be specified in the operational rules set forth in Article 40, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

Article 43A Designated Corporation must, in seeking to obtain approval pursuant to the provision of the second sentence of Article 40, paragraph (1) of the Act, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form that states the particulars listed as follows:

Article 44A Designated Corporation must, in seeking to obtain approval pursuant to the provision of Article 41 of the Act, submit an application form that states the particulars listed as follows:

Article 45In order to state clearly the financial condition of its business, A Designated Corporation must keep accounts of any increase, decrease, or change in its properties, based on the facts pertaining thereto.

Article 46Designated Corporations must establish a special account for all accounting with respect to Welfare-Related Business (which is referred to in Article 52, paragraph (2) and Article 54, paragraph (3) as the "Welfare-Related Business Special Account") and keep this account separate from accounts for other business.

Article 47Designated Corporations must, in seeking to obtain approval pursuant to the provision of the first sentence of paragraph (1) of Article 43 of the Act, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare a business plan and a budget for income and expenditure prior to the start of each business year (or promptly after the corporation received designation during the business year that includes the day of designation) in order to apply for said permission.

Article 48The business plan set forth in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Act must state plans with regard to the particulars listed as follows:

Article 49The budget for income and expenditure shall be itemized according to the nature of income and the purpose of expenditure.

Article 50Designated Corporations must, in seeking to obtain approval for a budget for income and expenditure pursuant to the provision of the first sentence of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Act, submit the following attached documents to the Minister of Health, Labour and welfare:

Article 51Designated Corporations must, in seeking to obtain approval to change a business plan or budget for income and expenditure pursuant to the provision of the second sentence of paragraph (1) of Article 43 of the Act, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form that states the particulars to be changed and reasons for said changes.In this case, when a change in the budget for income and expenditure results in a change in a document listed in item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding Article, the revised document describing the said change shall be attached.

Article 52(1)Designated Corporations may establish reserve funds in a budget for income and expenditure to cover deficits in an expenditure budget that may arise from unforeseeable causes.

(2)If a Designated Corporation uses reserve funds in a Welfare-Related Business Special Account, it must promptly notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to that effect.

(3)Notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph shall consist of documents that clearly state the reason for the use of said funds, the amount used and the basis of their calculation.

Article 53(1)Designated Corporations shall not use budgeted expenditure for any purpose other than those specified in the budget. However, when appropriate and necessary for budget implementation purposes, they may mutually divert expenditure notwithstanding the itemization pursuant to the provision of Article 49.

(2)With regard to expenses for which amounts have been designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Designated Corporations shall not mutually divert expense items between such expenses, or with other expenses, nor use reserve funds for the purpose of such expenditures, unless so approved by the Minister.

(3)Designated Corporations must, in seeking to obtain the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for a budgetary diversion or use of reserve funds pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare documents that clearly state the reasons for said diversion or use of reserve funds, the amount thereof, and the basis of their calculation.

Article 54(1)Designated Corporations may, when necessary for budget implementation purposes, carry over for use in the following business year the amount of budgeted expenditure whose disbursement has not been finalized within the current business year; provided, however, that said corporation must obtain the prior approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare when carrying over budgeted expenditure for which the amounts have been designated by the Minister.

(2)Designated Corporations must, in seeking to obtain the approval pursuant to the provision of the proviso of the preceding paragraph, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare documents that clearly state, for each item, the reason why the carry over is necessary and the amount thereof before the end of the current business year.

(3)When a Designated Corporation has carried over amounts of budgeted expenditures in the Welfare-Related Business Special Account pursuant to the provision of the paragraph (1), it must submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare a statement of carry over within two months of the end of the business year concerned.

(4)The statement of carry over set forth in the preceding paragraph must be itemized in the same way as the budgeted expenditures and state the actual amount of each budgeted expenditure involved in the carry over, together with a breakdown of said amount into the amount for which disbursement has been finalized, the amount carried over to the following business year, and the amount not used.

Article 55If a Designated Corporation seeks to apply for the approval pursuant to the provision of Article 43, paragraph (2) of the Act, such an application must be filed within three months from the end of every business year.

Article 56A statement of accounts must be itemized in the same way as the budget for income and expenditure and contain the following particulars:

Article 57(1)Designated Corporations must stipulate accounting regulations with regard to its finance and accounting in addition to what is specified by the Act and this Ordinance.

(2)When a Designated Corporation intends to stipulate the accounting regulations set forth in the preceding paragraph, it must obtain the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with regard to its basic matters thereof. The same shall apply when it intends to make a change therein.

(3)When a Designated Corporation has established or changed the accounting regulations set forth in paragraph (1), it must without delay notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the reasons for and contents of the newly established or changed regulations.

Article 58When a Designated Corporation intends to obtain approval pursuant to the provision of Article, 47 paragraph (1) of the Act, it must submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form that states the following particulars:

Article 59The identification card set forth in Article 49, paragraph (2) of the Act shall conform to a format specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 60(1)When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to execute the Welfare-Related Business pursuant to the provision of Article 52, paragraph (1) of the Act, a Designated Corporation must implement the following:

(2)When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to cease executing the Welfare-Related Business that is being executed by the Minister pursuant to the provision of Article 52, paragraph (1) of the Act, the Minister must implement the following:

Article 60-2The provisions of Articles 3 through 12 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor No. 2 of 1986) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the conciliation procedure set forth in Article 52-5, paragraph (1) of the Act.In this case, the term "Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act" in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the same Ordinance shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 52-5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as "Child Care and Family Care Leave Act")"; the term "Equal Opportunity Conciliation Conference" in Article 3, paragraph (1), Article 4 (including the heading) and Article 5 (including the heading) thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Work-Life Balance Support Conciliation Conference"; the terms "Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act" and "workplace" in Article 6 thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 52-5, paragraph (1) of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act" and "place of business," respectively; the term "Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act" in Article 8, paragraph (1) thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-6 of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act"; and the term "A person whose attendance is requested by the Commission pursuant to the provision of Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act shall attend the Equal Opportunity Conciliation Conference. In this case, said person" in the same paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "A person whose attendance is requested by the Commission pursuant to the provision of Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2)"; the terms "Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act" and "Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act" in Article 8, paragraph (3) thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-6 of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act" and "Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-6 of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act," respectively; the term "the Parties Concerned" in Article 9 thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "the parties concerned, or workers employed at the same place of business as the parties concerned or other witnesses"; the term "Article 4, paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 10, paragraph (1) thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 4, paragraphs (1) and (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 60-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on the Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor of No. 25 of 1991)"; the term "Article 8" in the same paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 8, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 60-2 of the same Ordinance"; and the term "Article 21 of the Act" in Article 11, paragraph (1) thereof shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 21 of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-6 of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act."

Article 61A business cooperative association, etc. set forth in Article 53, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Act that intends to obtain authorization pursuant to the provision of the same item shall submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form that states its intention and the matters with respect to the standards set forth in the same item through the Director-General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who has jurisdiction over the district where its principal office is located.

Article 62The authority with respect to the recruitment listed as follows among the authorities of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 37, paragraph (2) and Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Employment Security Act (Act No. 141 of 1947), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Act, shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who has jurisdiction over the district where the principal office of the authorized association of small and medium-sized enterprises is located (which means an authorized association of small and medium-sized enterprises prescribed in Article 53, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Act; the same shall apply hereinafter):

Article 63Particulars with regard to the recruitment of workers specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act are as follows:

Article 64(1)The notification pursuant to the provision of Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act must be made separately for recruitment for which the recruitment area is a district or districts of the prefecture in which the principal office of the authorized association of small and medium-sized enterprises set forth in the same paragraph is located; recruitment for which the recruitment area is a district or districts outside said prefecture (referred to as "Recruitment Outside the Prefecture" hereinafter in this paragraph) and to which the provisions of Article 62, item (ii) apply; and Recruitment Outside the Prefecture to which the provisions of the same item do not apply.

(2)Authorized associations of small and medium-sized enterprises that intends to make a notification pursuant to the provision of Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act must notify the Director-General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau set forth in Article 62 with regard to the recruitment set forth in the same Article, or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with regard to other recruitment, in either cases through the head of the Public Employment Security Office that has jurisdiction over the district in which its principal office of said association is located (or the Public Employment Security Office that handles the duty pursuant to Article 792 of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Organization Rules (Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 1 of 2001) if there are two or more such Public Employment Security Offices).

(3)In addition to what is referred to in the preceding two items, the format and other matters of the notification procedure shall be as prescribed in the Director-General of Employment Security Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General of Employment Security Bureau").

Article 65An authorized association of small and medium-sized enterprises that engages in the recruitment set forth in Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act must prepare a report on recruitment of workers every business year according to a format specified by the Director-General of Employment Security Bureau, and submit said report to the head of the Public Employment Security Office with respect to the notification set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article by the end of April of the following business year (or by the end of the month which follows the month containing the day on which the recruitment of workers is terminated).

Article 66The provisions of Article 31 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Security Act (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor No. 12 of 1947) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the small and medium-sized enterprise that contracts recruitment of workers to an authorized association of small and medium-sized enterprises pursuant to the provisions of Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act.

Article 67The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 56 of the Act, except concerning cases that the Minister finds to be of national importance, shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau that has jurisdiction over the district where the place of business of the employer is located.