Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-6Special Provisions on Exemptions
第四条の六（適用除外の特例）
For the time being, a part-time worker under 70 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business, who is a worker listed in the items of Article 7 of the Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 137 of 1959) to whom the provisions of that Article apply, and whose remuneration (excluding what is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent to the wages listed in the items of Article 4, paragraph (3) of that Act), as calculated pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare following the example of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1), is less than 88,000 yen (hereinafter referred to as a "specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception" in this Article) is not to be an insured, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9.
A specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception may become an insured, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the person makes a request to an implementing organization (limited to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan; the same applies in paragraph (5)) pursuant to the order of the competent ministry.
When the request is accepted, a person who has made the request under the preceding paragraph acquires, on that day, status as an insured under the provisions of that paragraph.
If an insured under the provisions of Article 9 comes to fall under a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception and continues to be employed at the same place of business, the person is deemed, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), to have become an insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) on the day on which the person came to so fall.
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) (including a person deemed to be that insured pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) may, at any time, make a request to an implementing organization pursuant to the order of the competent ministry and lose status as an insured.
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) loses status as an insured on the day following the day on which the insured comes to fall under any item of Article 14 (excluding item (iii)) or any of the following items (or, if the insured acquires status as an insured again on the day of that fact, or comes to fall under Article 14, item (v), on that day).
when the approval referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1) has been given;
第八条第一項の認可があつたとき。
when the request under the preceding paragraph has been accepted; or
前項の申出が受理されたとき。
when the person ceases to be a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception.
特定減額特例対象者でなくなつたとき。
A request under paragraph (2) is to be made at the same time as a request under Article 8-3-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, in the case of a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception who can make the latter request, and a request under paragraph (5) is to be made at the same time as a request under Article 8-3-2, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, in the case of a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception who can make the latter request.
In addition to what is prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (6), matters necessary for the acquisition and loss of status as an insured are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項から第六項までに規定するもののほか、被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
In paragraph (1), a "part-time worker" means a person who falls under any of the following items and does not fall under any of the items of Article 12:
a part-time worker (meaning a part-time worker prescribed in Article 12, item (v); the same applies in the following item) whose scheduled working hours per week are less than three-quarters of the scheduled working hours per week of an ordinary worker employed at the same place of business (meaning an ordinary worker prescribed in Article 12, item (v); the same applies in the following item);
a part-time worker whose prescribed working days per month are less than three-quarters of the prescribed working days per month of an ordinary worker employed at the same place of business.
(Exemptions)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 and Article 10, paragraph (1), a person falling under one of the following items is not an insured covered by employees' pension insurance:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、第九条及び第十条第一項の規定にかかわらず、厚生年金保険の被保険者としない。
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a person employed at a place of business who constitutes a part-time worker whose scheduled working hours per week are less than three-quarters of the scheduled working hours per week of ordinary…
事業所に使用される者であつて、その一週間の所定労働時間が同一の事業所に使用される通常の労働者（当該事業所に使用される通常の労働者と同種の業務に従事する当該事業所に使用される者にあつては、厚生労働省令で定める場合を除き、当該者と同種の業務に従事する当該通常の労働者。以下この号において単に「通常の労働者」という。）の一週…
Open this provision(Timing of the Forfeiture of Status)
An insured as under the provisions of Article 9 or Article 10, paragraph (1) forfeits the status as an insured on the day following the day on which the person comes to fall under one of the…
第九条又は第十条第一項の規定による被保険者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日の翌日（その事実があつた日に更に前条に該当するに至つたとき、又は第五号に該当するに至つたときは、その日）に、被保険者の資格を喪失する。
Open this provision(Timing of the Forfeiture of Status)
approval as referred to in Article 8 paragraph (1) or Article 11 is obtained;
第八条第一項又は第十一条の認可があつたとき。
Open this provision(Timing of the Forfeiture of Status)
the person reaches the age of 70.
七十歳に達したとき。
Open this provision(Deciding Standardized Monthly Amount of Remuneration at the Time Status as an Insured Is Acquired)
When a person acquires the status of an insured, the implementing organization decides that person's standard monthly remuneration by taking the amount provided for in each of the following items to…
実施機関は、被保険者の資格を取得した者があるときは、次の各号に規定する額を報酬月額として、標準報酬月額を決定する。
Open this provisionAn employer with an applicable place of business as referred to in Article 6, paragraph (3) may cause the place of business to cease to be an applicable place of business with the approval of the…
第六条第三項の適用事業所の事業主は、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、当該事業所を適用事業所でなくすることができる。
Open this provision(The Insured)
A person under 70 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business is an insured covered by employees' pension insurance.
適用事業所に使用される七十歳未満の者は、厚生年金保険の被保険者とする。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
For the time being, a part-time worker under 70 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business, who is a worker listed in the items of Article 7 of the Minimum Wage Act…
当分の間、適用事業所に使用される、七十歳未満の短時間労働者のうち、最低賃金法（昭和三十四年法律第百三十七号）第七条の規定の適用を受ける同条各号に掲げる労働者であつて、その者の報酬（同法第四条第三項各号に掲げる賃金に相当するものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものを除く。）について、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより…
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
For the time being, a part-time worker under 70 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business, who is a worker listed in the items of Article 7 of the Minimum Wage Act…
当分の間、適用事業所に使用される、七十歳未満の短時間労働者のうち、最低賃金法（昭和三十四年法律第百三十七号）第七条の規定の適用を受ける同条各号に掲げる労働者であつて、その者の報酬（同法第四条第三項各号に掲げる賃金に相当するものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものを除く。）について、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより…
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
A specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception may become an insured, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the person makes a request to an implementing…
特定減額特例対象者は、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関（厚生労働大臣及び日本私立学校振興・共済事業団に限る。第五項において同じ。）に申出をしたときは、その者は、前項の規定にかかわらず、被保険者となることができる。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
When the request is accepted, a person who has made the request under the preceding paragraph acquires, on that day, status as an insured under the provisions of that paragraph.
前項の申出をした者は、その申出が受理されたときは、その日に、同項の規定による被保険者の資格を取得する。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
If an insured under the provisions of Article 9 comes to fall under a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception and continues to be employed at the same place of business…
第九条の規定による被保険者が、特定減額特例対象者に該当するに至り、かつ、同一の事業所に引き続き使用される場合には、第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、その該当するに至つた日に、同項の規定による被保険者となつたものとみなす。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) (including a person deemed to be that insured pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) may…
第二項の規定による被保険者（前項の規定により当該被保険者とみなされた者を含む。次項において同じ。）は、いつでも、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をし、当該被保険者の資格を喪失することができる。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) loses status as an insured on the day following the day on which the insured comes to fall under any item of Article 14 (excluding item (iii)) or any…
第二項の規定による被保険者は、第十四条各号（第三号を除く。）又は次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日の翌日（その事実があつた日に更に被保険者の資格を取得したとき、又は同条第五号に該当するに至つたときは、その日）に、当該被保険者の資格を喪失する。
Open this provisionSpecial Provisions on Exemptions
a part-time worker whose prescribed working days per month are less than three-quarters of the prescribed working days per month of an ordinary worker employed at the same place of business.
一月間の所定労働日数が同一の事業所に使用される通常の労働者の一月間の所定労働日数の四分の三未満である短時間労働者
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The following wages are not to be included in the wages prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs:
次に掲げる賃金は、前二項に規定する賃金に算入しない。
Open this provision(Special Provisions for the Reduction of Minimum Wages)
If an employer has obtained permission from the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare…
使用者が厚生労働省令で定めるところにより都道府県労働局長の許可を受けたときは、次に掲げる労働者については、当該最低賃金において定める最低賃金額から当該最低賃金額に労働能力その他の事情を考慮して厚生労働省令で定める率を乗じて得た額を減額した額により第四条の規定を適用する。
Open this provisionimplementing organizationmachine translation
「実施機関」
The body that runs the employees' pension insurance business for each group of insureds, as Article 2-5, paragraph (1) assigns it: the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for category I EPI insureds; National Public Servants Mutual Aid Associations and their Federation for category II; mutual aid associations of local government officials, the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel and the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials for category III; and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan for category IV.
Defined inArticle 2-5, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
remuneration
「報酬」
Wages, salary, pay, allowances, bonuses and anything else, whatever it is called, that a worker receives in return for their work — other than what is received only occasionally and what is received at intervals longer than three months.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
place of business
「事業所」
Short for a place of business or an office (事業所又は事務所).
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)
order of the competent ministrymachine translation
「主務省令」
In this Act, an order (命令) issued, as a Cabinet Order (政令) provides, by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or the competent minister under Article 144-29, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act — except that the order under Article 79-8, paragraphs (1) and (2) is issued by the minister with jurisdiction (所管大臣), and the order under Article 79-9, paragraph (1) by the Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare, of Finance, of Internal Affairs and Communications, and of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Defined inArticle 100-3-3, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
specified person under the reduced minimum wage exceptionmachine translation
「特定減額特例対象者」
In Article 4-6 of the supplementary provisions (附則), a part-time worker (短時間労働者) under 70 employed at an applicable place of business (適用事業所) who is one of the workers listed in Article 7 of the Minimum Wage Act to whom that Article applies, and whose remuneration — worked out on the model of Article 22, paragraph (1) as a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) provides, leaving out the pay that Order names as equivalent to the wages listed in Article 4, paragraph (3) of the Minimum Wage Act — is under 88,000 yen; for the time being such a person is not insured.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
part-time workermachine translation
「短時間労働者」
In Article 4-6, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則), a part-time worker as defined in Article 12, item (v) whose prescribed weekly working hours or monthly working days are less than three-quarters of those of the workers with standard employment statuses (通常の労働者) at the same place of business, and who falls under none of the items of Article 12.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (9)· applies only in this provision
part-time workermachine translation
「短時間労働者」
In Article 4-6, paragraph (9) of the supplementary provisions (附則), a part-time worker as defined in Article 12, item (v): a person whose prescribed weekly working hours are shorter than those of the workers with standard employment statuses (通常の労働者) at the same place of business.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (9), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (9), item (ii)
ordinary workermachine translation
「通常の労働者」
In items (i) and (ii) of Article 4-6, paragraph (9) of the supplementary provisions (附則), which say who is a short-time worker for paragraph (1) of that Article, the ordinary workers as Article 12, item (v) describes them: the workers employed at the same place of business with whose scheduled weekly working hours and monthly working days a short-time worker's (短時間労働者) are compared, narrowed to those doing the same kind of work where that item so provides.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (9), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-6, paragraph (9), item (ii)