1. (1)Number of Teaching Hours
   Measure to reduce one teaching hour (i.e., one course) per semester, etc.
   *However, the actual number of teaching hours (averaged over the full year) after the reduction shall not be less than the minimum number of hours that faculty members are required to be responsible for.
2. (2)Class Timetable
   Measures to reduce the allotment of classes in the first period and in or after the fifth period.
3. (3)School Duties
   Measures to reduce the number of university-wide executive positions and departmental executive positions the faculty member is responsible for.

Requests may be submitted by full-time faculty members employed at Ritsumeikan University who fall under either (a) or (b) below, and who have circumstances requiring accommodation for balancing work with childcare or nursing care. In determining eligibility, the childcare or nursing care situation, the employment and/or medical circumstances of the spouse, living apart from family due to work relocation, and other factors shall be comprehensively taken into consideration.

1. a)Faculty members raising a child who has not yet reached the time of commencement of junior high school enrollment
2. b)Faculty members caring for a family member with a condition requiring long-term care (a condition in which, due to injury, illness, or physical or mental disability, the person requires constant care for a period of two weeks or more)　
   
   * Scope of family members eligible for nursing care: (1) Spouse, (2) Parents, (3) Children, (4) Parents-in-law, (5) Grandparents, siblings, or grandchildren
   * For faculty members engaged in nursing care, the support measures may be applied for a maximum of two years (four semesters) for each eligible family member.