Childcare leave is, in principle, a leave of absence that is legally recognized as a period during which a person raising a child under one year old can concentrate on raising the child.
You can obtain it in up to two installments.
As long as you meet certain conditions, you can apply to your company and get it regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, but please note that the contents are different for men and women.
Additionally, to make it easier for employees to take childcare leave, benefits are provided and social insurance premiums are waived.
However, as laws have changed many times in recent years, leave periods and benefit systems have become more complex.
The system is different for men and women, so ask your company's general affairs staff or search the internet for the latest information.
While the law stipulates who is eligible for "childcare leave" and the period of leave, "childcare leave" is a system that can be freely decided by the company.
This is treated differently from childcare leave, so check to see if the company you work for has childcare leave.
Depending on the company, you may receive benefits in addition to childcare leave benefits.
Postpartum paternity leave is a leave system that allows employees to take up to 8 weeks (4 days) of leave in two parts, within 28 weeks after giving birth.
This childcare leave system can be taken separately from childcare leave.
Also, there are many ways to use it, so please consult with your mother or the person in charge at your company before acquiring it.
Example)
●Get 1 weeks at once
●Take the leave 2 times (2 weeks x 2 times)
For example, you can apply for a leave of absence for two weeks immediately after giving birth, and then apply for another two-week leave after a short period of time.
It is also possible to work part-time, in which you work half the day and take time off for the other half, but the system is complicated, so please check with your company's general affairs staff for details.
Applications can be made from the day after XNUMX weeks after the day of birth (or the expected date of birth if the child was born before the due date).
The amount paid will be equivalent to 67% of the salary before the leave. (This is a guideline amount, so it may vary slightly)
① Those who are applying for postpartum paternity leave (childcare leave at the time of birth).
② Within 2 years before taking the leave, you have to work for at least 11 days per month
(If you have not worked more than 11 days, the total working hours must be more than 80)
(Even if it was less than a year, if you were enrolled in employment insurance at your previous company, you may be able to calculate the entire amount.)
④ The number of working days during the leave period must be no more than 10 days (if more than 10 days, the number of hours worked is 80 hours).
*Please note that birth and childcare leave benefits will not be paid if you take postpartum leave.
If the average salary for the 12 months before taking postpartum paternity leave was 200,000 yen
(If you received 12 months (360 days) x 200,000 yen = 2,400,000 yen)
The salary at the start of childcare leave will be 2,400,000 yen ÷ 360 days = 6,777 yen.
The maternity allowance you can receive per day is 1 yen x maximum 6,777 days x 28% = 67 yen.
*Payments less than 10 yen will not be paid.
In order to receive childcare leave benefits, you must apply to Hello Work.
Please consult your company's general affairs representative to find out how to apply.
If there are no problems with the submitted documents, the first application will take approximately 3 months from the date of application.
(Applications will be made every two months)
The money will not be transferred immediately after application, so please make sure you have enough money.
Both mother and father can obtain it for about 8 months, as 1 week of post patrum leave has already taken. Untill the child turned 10 year old.
Both father and mother can apply at the same time.
There is no salary, but instead, if you apply for childcare leave benefits, you can receive benefits.
If either ① or ② below applies, it is possible to extend childcare leave.
① Parents want the child to go to a nursery school, but there is no nursery school for the child to enroll.
② The spouse (marriage partner) who was planning to raise the child has become unable to do so due to death, injury, illness, or divorce.
There is no salary, and if you apply for childcare leave benefits instead, you will receive benefits, but the benefit amount will be half of your basic salary.
You will also need to apply, so you will need to submit documents.
During this period, only one person, father or mother, can apply.
If reasons ① and ② continue after 1 year and 6 months, it is possible to extend the age further up to 2 years.
People who take childcare leave to raise a child under one year old can receive childcare leave benefits.
The amount paid varies depending on the period. (This is a guideline amount, so it may vary slightly)
Even if you work fewer than 10 days a month, if you work regularly, such as by working every month while on childcare leave, it will not be considered childcare leave.
Please note that in this case, childcare leave benefits will not be paid.
In order to receive childcare leave benefits, you must apply to Hello Work.
Please consult your company's general affairs representative to find out how to apply.
If there are no problems with the submitted documents, the first application will take approximately 4 months from the date of application.
(Applications will be made every two months)
The money will not be transferred immediately after giving birth, so make sure you have enough money.
Both fathers and mothers can take childcare leave.
Normally, you can only get one year, but if both spouses apply, only the spouse who applies later can extend it to 1 year and 1 months.
●If the father applies first
→Childcare leave period: Fathers can take up to 1 year, mothers can take up to 1 year and 2 months.
●If the mother applies first
→Period of childcare leave: Fathers can take up to 1 year and 2 months, mothers can take up to 1 year.
However, for fathers, the total number of days is 1 year, including paternity leave after childbirth, and for mothers, it is 1 year (or 1 year and 2 months), including maternity leave after childbirth.
For fathers, please note that the total number of days for postpartum paternity leave + childcare leave is one year.
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