If you take time off from work for childbirth
“A Maternity Allowance” is paid if a female insured person is unable to receive her salary due to time taken off from work for childbirth.
- When you are unable to earn salary due to leave from work for childbirth
- If you take maternity leave, childcare leave, or other similar leave
When you are unable to earn salary due to leave from work for childbirth
| Required documents: | |
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| Deadline: | Within two years from the day after the date of leave from work |
| Applies to: | Female insured persons who took leave from work for childbirth |
| Note: | On the claim form, obtain certification from the employer that leave was taken and whether remuneration was paid, as well as certification from a doctor or midwife. If you apply by notifying your Individual Number instead of your health insurance card code/number, you must submit separate documents to verify your Individual Number and your identification. See here?for more information on the documents that need to be submitted for Individual Numbers. |
| Submit to: | See the information on where to submit documents indicated by this  mark. |
| Address inquiries to: | Operations Group, Health Insurance Society 0120-501-042 (Choose voice guidance option 2.) |
If you take maternity leave, childcare leave, or other similar leave
If you take childcare leave, your employer can apply to exempt you from paying insurance premiums during the leave period up to the child's third birthday.
Employers can also apply on behalf of their employees for exemption from insurance premiums during the periods of maternity leave and paternity leave (newborn care leave).
Your employer will apply for this exemption; check with the person in charge at your establishment for more information.
- ** The period of childcare leave refers to the period you take off work for childcare leave or other similar leave that conforms to the system of childcare leave up to the child's third birthday.
- ** Period of maternity leave: Period during which you did not work due to pregnancy or childbirth, within the period starting 42 days before birth (98 days for multiple births) and ending 56 days after birth
- ** Paternity leave (newborn care leave): A system under which eligible persons may take leave for up to four weeks during the eight-week period after the birth of a child.