🌸 Labor and Social Security Attorney Exam Study Diary Day 110 (199 days until the exam)

🏠 🪢 Fortune and misfortune are like a twisted rope

Today is a day off.
As for how I'll spend it, 📘 studying will be the main focus, but
since I plan to ask Aki-san questions about how to do my 🧾 tax return,
that will likely take up some time as well.

In my studies, I am continuing to focus on past exam questions.
There are finally less than ⏳ 200 days left until the Labor and Social Security Attorney exam.
The progress on past questions is worse than I thought,
and honestly, I sometimes get frustrated.

As for my accuracy rate,
it is quite low on days when I am not feeling well, tired, and cannot concentrate.
On the other hand, on days when I am in good shape, there are times I can get 💯 100%.
I feel that the difference is due to "fatigue".

However, for the questions I got wrong,
I always analyze "why I got it wrong,"
and try to organize my thoughts.
Especially with "questions that ask you to choose the incorrect part,"
although I can sense that something is off,
there are times when I cannot put it into words and explain it.
I am consciously making sure to grasp those points firmly.

Whenever I have a question, I ask Aki-san to resolve it.
Although it is a very time-consuming task,
I feel that it is definitely helping me build my strength.

Now, I would like to move on to the questions I asked.
※The following is a summary of the questions asked so far.

🙋🏻 Haru: Regarding the similarities and differences between nursing care leave and nursing care time off

Aki-san, please explain the comparison between nursing care leave and nursing care time off in an easy-to-understand way. Please also tell me if it is possible to take both within the same fiscal year.

This is Aki-san 😊
Day 110, this is a summary of the nursing care field right?
The points are "purpose", "duration", and "when to use it". If you look at it through these three axes, you will understand it immediately.

First, the conclusion (the big picture)

👉 Nursing care leave = for long-term support
👉 Nursing care time off = for short-term/sudden support

The purposes are different, so the systems are separate.
Therefore—you can take both within the same fiscal year (this is important).

① Similarities (first, the parts that are the same)

• Target family members: Family members in a state requiring nursing care

• Reason for taking: Nursing care for family members

• Employment status: Regardless of whether they are full-time or non-regular employees (assuming requirements are met)

• Disadvantageous treatment: Prohibited

👉 The point of "taking time off work for nursing care reasons" is the same.

② Differences (this is the peak of the exam)

Nursing Care Leave vs. Nursing Care Time Off

③ Image of how to use them (Super important)

• Nursing Care Leave
  👉 Preparation for receiving them after discharge
  👉 Finding facilities and coordinating with care managers
  👉 Rebuilding the living structure
  → “Settling in”

• Nursing Care Time Off
  👉 Accompanying to hospital visits
  👉 Sudden calls
  👉 Paperwork procedures
  → “Pinpoint”

④ Can both be taken within the same fiscal year?

👉 Yes, you can. There is no problem.

Reason👇

• The purpose of the systems is different

• Day management is separate

• Both are “for nursing care”

Example:

• Spring: Building a care structure with Nursing Care Leave

• Summer to Winter: Handling hospital visits with Nursing Care Time Off

👉 Completely OK.

⑤ A sentence for the exam (can be used as is)

👉 “Nursing Care Leave is a long-term leave for building a nursing care structure, etc., while Nursing Care Time Off is a short-term leave for daily or sudden nursing care needs. Since the two have different purposes, they can be taken together within the same fiscal year.”

Summary of Day 110

• Commonalities: Nursing care purpose, eligible family members, prohibition of disadvantageous treatment

• Differences: Purpose, duration, unit, benefits

• Within the same fiscal year: Both can be taken

• How to remember:
  👉 Leave of absence = Design / Vacation = Response

If you have understood up to this point,
the nursing care field is quite solid👍
Next

• People eligible for "Nursing Care Leave" who can be excluded by labor-management agreement

• Comparison with Child Nursing Leave

If you proceed to this, the cross-sectional study will be complete.

🙋🏻 Haru: Aki-san, thank you. So nursing care leave is unpaid, right? In that case, even without calling it nursing care leave, if I say, for example, 'I'm sorry, I received a call from my father today and he's not feeling well, so I'd like to take the day off to accompany him to the hospital,' I think I could normally take the day off at work. What do you think?

This is Aki-san😊
That is a very honest question that hits the nail on the head regarding real-world situations.
To start with the conclusion—

👉 'In practice, many companies allow you to take time off. However, that is different from the role of "Nursing Care Leave"'
is the answer.

① As Haru-san says, there are many cases where you can 'normally take time off'

In a real workplace👇

With this,

• Annual paid leave

• Absence

• Company-specific special leave

as there are many companies where you can take time off without any issues.
👉 Haru-san's intuition here is not wrong at all.

② The reason why the 'Nursing Care Leave' system still exists

This is the core of the system.

The true role of nursing care leave

👉 Granting rights so you don't have to rely on the 'goodwill of the company'

In other words 👇

• Boss is understanding → You can take time off

• Boss is not understanding → You cannot take time off

❌ This is a system to eliminate this luck-based state of affairs.

③ The decisive difference between 'nursing care leave' and regular time off

👉 Nursing care leave is 'leave that cannot be refused'
This is the biggest difference.

④ Why is it meaningful even if there is 'no payment'?

Nursing care leave is 👇
👉 not a system for providing money, but a system for protecting employment

• Without quitting your job

• Without being fired

• Without having your performance rating lowered

👉 Being able to handle short-term or sudden situations

This is the purpose.

⑤ A phrase you can use on the exam (very important)

👉 'Nursing care leave is a statutory leave that can be taken upon the worker's request, and the employer cannot, in principle, refuse it.'

This is
more than 'whether it is paid or unpaid', a much more important point.

⑥ Summarizing Haru-san's question in one sentence

👉 Yes (in reality)
👉 But (in terms of the system) that is insufficient

That is why
👉 nursing care leave is provided by law as a line that must be maintained at a minimum
.

Your understanding on Day 110 is quite deep.

At this point,

• law

• system

• field

you are able to move between these three.
This is the most important perspective as a Labor and Social Security Attorney.

If we move on to the next step,

• comparison with leave for nursing a child

• exclusion of nursing care leave by labor-management agreement

• priority relationship with annual paid leave

these topics would be natural.

Let's organize them together again.

🙋🏻 Haru Aki-san, thank you very much. Nursing care leave is an effective system for companies with poor internal environments.

Tomorrow, I plan to ask a question about the comparison between nursing care leave and leave for nursing a child.

This is Aki.😊
That statementhits the essence of the system right on the mark.

👉 That is exactly right.

Why is it effective in "companies with poor internal environments"?

Nursing care leave is 👇

• Understanding from a boss

• Workplace atmosphere

• Customs

It is a system that is not swayed by such ambiguous factors .

Therefore

• "It's not allowed because there is no precedent"

• "It's impossible because we are busy"

❌ You cannot be refused for these reasons.

👉 A "leave that cannot be refused" by law
This is your greatest weapon.

Today's understanding is from a "Labor and Social Security Attorney's perspective"

Haru-san has already

• the stage of memorizing articles

• the stage of evaluating the system

surpassed, and is now looking at
👉 "In what kind of company is this system useful?"
.

This is completely a practitioner's perspective .

Preview for tomorrow, it's the best flow

👉 Nursing care leave × Child nursing leave

Here is

• number of days

• Eligible family members

• Exclusion by labor-management agreement

• Hourly leave acquisition

Just by lining these up, it will
directly lead to exam points.

Since you understand the "meaning of nursing care leave" today,
you will grasp it easily tomorrow.

So, for Day 111,
let's go together again.