Employers must pay wages of not less than the minimum wage amount to whom minimum wages are applicable.
A labor contract between workers to whom minimum wages are applicable and their employer, which provides for wages less than the minimum wage amount is to be invalid with respect to that part. In such cases, the invalid part is deemed to provide for wages equal to the amount of the minimum wages.
The following wages are not to be included in the wages prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs:
wages other than those paid for each period not exceeding one month that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
一月をこえない期間ごとに支払われる賃金以外の賃金で厚生労働省令で定めるもの
wages other than those paid for normal working hours or working days that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
通常の労働時間又は労働日の賃金以外の賃金で厚生労働省令で定めるもの
If a worker did not work the prescribed working hours or working days for personal reasons or if an employer did not let a worker work the prescribed working hours or working days due to legitimate grounds, the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) do not preclude the employer from not paying wages for the hours or days the worker has not worked.
(Effect of Minimum Wages)
Employers must pay wages of not less than the minimum wage amount to whom minimum wages are applicable.
使用者は、最低賃金の適用を受ける労働者に対し、その最低賃金額以上の賃金を支払わなければならない。
Open this provision(Effect of Minimum Wages)
A labor contract between workers to whom minimum wages are applicable and their employer, which provides for wages less than the minimum wage amount is to be invalid with respect to that part.
最低賃金の適用を受ける労働者と使用者との間の労働契約で最低賃金額に達しない賃金を定めるものは、その部分については無効とする。この場合において、無効となつた部分は、最低賃金と同様の定をしたものとみなす。
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「労働者」
A worker as defined in Article 9 of the Labor Standards Act (a person employed at a business or office and paid wages, whatever the kind of job), except a person employed at a business or office that employs only relatives living in the same household, and a domestic worker.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
employer
「使用者」
An employer as defined in Article 10 of the Labor Standards Act: the business owner, a person who manages the business, and anyone else who acts on the owner's behalf in matters concerning the business's workers.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
wage
「賃金」
Everything an employer pays a worker in return for work, whatever it is called: wages, salary, allowances or bonuses.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
minimum wage amount
「最低賃金額」
The amount of wages that a minimum wage sets, which is fixed per hour (for mariners, per hour, day, week or month).
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (1)