A person who represents all or a part of workers or employers may request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau to decide on a minimum wage for a certain type of business or occupation which is applicable to those workers or employers (hereinafter referred to as "specified minimum wages"), or to decide to revise or abolish the specified minimum wages which are actually applied to those workers or employers, as provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Director of a Prefectural Labour Bureau may request a study and deliberation by the Minimum Wages Council and decide on the specified minimum wages pertaining to the request, or decide to revise or abolish the specified minimum wages pertaining to the request, based on its opinions, if the Minister or the Director finds this necessary when the request pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been made.
The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) and Article 11 apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the Minimum Wages Council submits its opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "region" in Article 11, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "business or occupation."
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Director of a Prefectural Labor Bureau makes a decision under paragraph (2), if a request is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister or the Director may suspend the application of the relevant specified minimum wage for a certain field of business for a limited period of time, or decide on a different rate for the specified minimum wages, based on the opinions of the Minimum Wages Council pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the Minimum Wages Council submits its opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.