The basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work used as the basis for calculation of compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work (hereinafter referred to as the "compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc." in this Article) (hereinafter referred to as "basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work" in this Article) is provided as follows:
休業補償給付、複数事業労働者休業給付又は休業給付（以下この条において「休業補償給付等」という。）の額の算定の基礎として用いる給付基礎日額（以下この条において「休業給付基礎日額」という。）については、次に定めるところによる。
With regard to compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. other than the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. prescribed in the following item, the amount calculated as the basic daily payment amount pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to be the basic daily compensation payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work.
If the average salary (meaning the average amount of monthly salary of a worker calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the fixed amount of salary paid every month in the Monthly Labor Statistics prepared by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter the same applies in this item) per a three-months period defined as January through March, April through June, July through September, and October through December (hereinafter referred to as a "quarter" in this Article and Article 42, paragraph (2)) exceeds 110 percent or below 90 percent of the average salary for the quarter of the date on which the grounds for calculation occurred (in cases where the amount calculated pursuant to the provision of this item (hereinafter referred to as the "revised daily amount" in this item) is regarded as the basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, the quarter two quarters before the first quarter for which the revised daily amount is to be used as the basis for calculating the amount of compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc.), in relation to the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. for which grounds for payment occurred on or after the first day of the quarter two quarters after the quarter in which the relevant increase or decrease has occurred, the basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount calculated as the basic daily payment amount under the provisions of the preceding Article (in cases where a revised daily amount is regarded as the basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, the revised daily amount) by a rate specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare based on that rate of increase or decrease.
一月から三月まで、四月から六月まで、七月から九月まで及び十月から十二月までの各区分による期間（以下この条及び第四十二条第二項において「四半期」という。）ごとの平均給与額（厚生労働省において作成する毎月勤労統計における毎月きまつて支給する給与の額を基礎として厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した労働者一人当たりの給与の一箇月平均額をいう。以下この号において同じ。）が、算定事由発生日の属する四半期（この号の規定により算定した額（以下この号において「改定日額」という。）を休業給付基礎日額とすることとされている場合にあつては、当該改定日額を休業補償給付等の額の算定の基礎として用いるべき最初の四半期の前々四半期）の平均給与額の百分の百十を超え、又は百分の九十を下るに至つた場合において、その上昇し、又は低下するに至つた四半期の翌々四半期に属する最初の日以後に支給すべき事由が生じた休業補償給付等については、その上昇し、又は低下した比率を基準として厚生労働大臣が定める率を前条の規定により給付基礎日額として算定した額（改定日額を休業給付基礎日額とすることとされている場合にあつては、当該改定日額）に乗じて得た額を休業給付基礎日額とする。
If the date on which grounds for compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. occurred is later than the date on which one year and six months have elapsed from the date of the commencement of medical treatment pertaining to the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc., if a worker falls under any of the cases set forth in the following items, the amount specified in the respective items is deemed to be the basic daily payment amount for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
if the amount calculated as the basic daily payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is less than the minimum amount of basic daily payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work benefit specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for each age group specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter simply referred to as the "age group" in this Article), which is less than the amount pertaining to the age group to which a worker who is to receive the basic daily compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. is classified as of the first day of the quarter in which the date on which the grounds for the basic daily compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc. occurred (hereinafter referred to as the "base date" in the following item):the amount pertaining to the age group; or
if the amount calculated as the basic daily compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph exceeds the maximum amount of the basic daily compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for each age group, which pertains to the age group to which a worker who is to receive the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, etc., as of the base date:the amount pertaining to the age group
The amount specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph is to be specified each year for each age group pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare taking the employment conditions and other circumstances of workers of the relevant age group into account, by classifying all workers of their age group into twenty groups according to the amount of monthly wage they receive (hereinafter referred to as "monthly wage" in this paragraph) by using the amount of highest monthly wage received by the worker of the group receiving the lowest amount of monthly wage as the basis for the calculation of such amount.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the amount specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii). In this case, the term "pertaining to the lowest amount of monthly wage" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "of the group of the second highest amount of monthly wage".