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Details of childcare leave


1,Conditions of child targeted for childcare leave

 Prior to the amendment, the conditions for childcare leave were limited to legally adopted children and adopted children. However, with the amendment of the law, the conditions for eligible children have expanded.
 If you are raising a child in a trial period for special adoption
 Special adoption is a system that promotes the welfare of children by breaking the legal parent-child relationship with the actual parent of the adopted child and establishing the same parent-child relationship with the actual child.
 When raising a child entrusted to an adoption foster parent
 Foster parents are those who raise children. However, the parent is the creator and does not have a parent-child relationship with the foster parent.
  Despite the fact that it is deemed appropriate to entrust the worker as an adoptive foster parent, the parent was brought up by the opposition of the parents. When raising a child entrusted as a foster parent

2,Application for childcare leave

 Items that must always be clarified when applying for childcare leave include: (1) the date of the application, (2) the name of the worker, (3) the name of the child involved in the application, the date of birth and the relationship of the worker, and (4) the leave There are four days when we are about to start and days when we are about to end the holiday. There are other points that need to be clarified in certain cases.

3,Daddy mom parental leave plus

 This is a system where both parents take childcare leave. To receive this system, all three conditions below must be met.
 The spouse of a worker who intends to take childcare leave (hereinafter referred to as "the person") must have taken childcare leave before the day when the child reached the age of one (the day before the first birthday).
 The child care leave is scheduled to begin before the child's first birthday.
 The child care leave is scheduled to begin on or after the first day of the spouse's child care leave.
 In fact, let's check with an example. (Less than(Quoted from Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare PDF )

パパ・ママ育休プラスの例
 As in this example, the childcare leave must start before the child's first birthday. After that, you will not be eligible for Daddy and Mom's Childcare Leave Plus. Also, it is okay if the parental leave periods for parents are overlapping or the parental leave periods for parents are not consecutive.

4,Salary during childcare leave

 As a rule, no salary is paid during childcare leave, but benefits are paid. This allowance includes childbirth allowances (allowances that can be obtained during maternity leave) and child allowances (allowances to support living expenses and childcare costs for children), but this time, childcare leave benefits (can be obtained during childcare leave) Allowance).
The amount you can get with this allowance can be determined by the following calculation method.

≪Method of calculation≫
The calculation method differs from the start of childcare leave at 180 days (about 6 months).
From the start of childcare leave to the 180th day
Childcare leave benefit = 67% of the standard monthly remuneration at the time of childcare leave x Number of months of childcare leave
※Standard monthly remuneration = Monthly income obtained by dividing annual income (including overtime, bonus, and various benefits) by 12
※The maximum amount of childcare leave benefits per month is 285,621 yen

From day 181 after parental leave starts
Childcare leave benefits = 50% of the standard monthly remuneration at the time of childcare leave x months of childcare leave
※The maximum amount of childcare leave benefits per month is 213,150 yen

<example>
 When the standard monthly remuneration is 320,000 yen and the period of childcare leave is 9 months
320,000 [yen] × 0.67 × 6 [months] + 320,000 [yen] × 0.5 × 3 [months] 1766400 yen

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