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JPN-1991-L-22396
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Title_of_text
Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave Law [Law No. 76 of 15 May 1991].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Japan
Subjects (Classification)
Workers with family responsibilities
Adopted on (Date of text)
1991-05-15
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Under this new Act, both male and female employees are eligible for leave to look after a child in its first year. Employees applying for and taking child-care leave are protected against dismissal, and their employers are required to take such measures as will enable them to resume their employment smoothly at the end of their leave entitlement, with Government assistance if necessary. Alternatively, employers should grant facilities, such as reduced hours of work, to eligible employees who do not choose to take child-care leave. The Ministry of Labour will be issuing more specific guidelines to be applied by employers in such cases. The Act does not apply to Government employees, whose status in regard to child-care leave is to be regulated by the appropriate ministries.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-04-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1991-10-15 (JPN-1991-R-28038)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour made under the Child Care Leave Law [Law No. 76 of 1991]. No. 25.
Implementing text(s)
1992-03-27 (JPN-1992-R-31175)
Cabinet Order to establish a deliberative council under the Child Care Leave Law [Law No. 76 of 1991]. No. 49.
Implementing text(s)
1998-03-13 (JPN-1998-M-68133)
Guidelines concerning limitation of night work provided for in articles 16-2 and 16-3 concerning the law concerning the welfare of workers who take care of children or other family members including child care and family care leave (Ministry of Labour Notice No. 23 of 1998).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1972-07-01 (JPN-1972-L-27223)
Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment [Law No. 113 of 1 July 1972].
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1995-09-29 (JPN-1995-M-43494)
Notification of the Ministry of Labour [Notification No. 107 of 1995] amending the Notification of the Ministry of Labour [Notification No. 73 of 1991] concerning child care leave made under the Child Care Leave Law [Law No. 76 of 1991].
Amending text(s)
1996-06-19 (JPN-1996-L-45493)
Law amending the Law on the Proper Application of Temporary Work Agencies and Improved Working Conditions for Temporary Workers [Law No. 88 of 1985] and related amendment (No. 90).
Amending text(s)
1997-06-18 (JPN-1997-L-48529)
Law amending several Laws to guarantee equal opportunity and treatment between men and women in employment. (1997, No. 92).
Amending text(s)
2004-12-12 (JPN-2004-L-69385)
Law amending the Childcare and Family Care Leave Law (Law No.160 of 2004)
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2002-01-29 (JPN-2002-M-61482)
Notification of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 13 of 2002 on Guidelines to be followed by Employers for Facilitating Workers with Family Responsibilities to Co-ordinate Tasks at Work and at Home.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Country
Japan
URL
http://www.jil.go.jp/
File
JPN22396.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 160 of 2004)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labour Laws of Japan
Author
Ministry of Labour
Publisher
Institute of Labour Administration
Place of publication
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Date
1995
Edition
7th ed.
Page range
pp. 283-306
ISBN
4-8452-5115-9