An employer must pay the full amount of wages in currency directly to the worker; provided, however, that an employer may pay other than in currency if so provided for by laws and regulations or collective agreement or if it does so for the wages prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare by a reliable method for the payment of wages that is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and it may pay wages from which a partial deduction has been made if so provided for by laws and regulations, or if it has a written agreement with the labor union that is organized by a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is one, or with a person representing a majority of the workers at that workplace, if there is no such union.
賃金は、通貨で、直接労働者に、その全額を支払わなければならない。ただし、法令若しくは労働協約に別段の定めがある場合又は厚生労働省令で定める賃金について確実な支払の方法で厚生労働省令で定めるものによる場合においては、通貨以外のもので支払い、また、法令に別段の定めがある場合又は当該事業場の労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときは労働者の過半数を代表する者との書面による協定がある場合においては、賃金の一部を控除して支払うことができる。