# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三章 (Chapter 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号 - English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三章 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第三章　賃金 — Chapter III Wages heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3 ### 第二十四条（賃金の支払） — (Payment of Wages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-24 **第一項** 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。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-24/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 賃金は、毎月一回以上、一定の期日を定めて支払わなければならない。ただし、臨時に支払われる賃金、賞与その他これに準ずるもので厚生労働省令で定める賃金（第八十九条において「臨時の賃金等」という。）については、この限りでない。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-24/par-2 Wages must be paid at least once a month on a fixed date; provided, however, that this does not apply to wages paid in special circumstances, bonuses, and any other wages prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare equivalent to them (referred to as "special wages and other wages" in Article 89). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十五条（非常時払） — (Emergency Payments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-25 **第一項** 使用者は、労働者が出産、疾病、災害その他厚生労働省令で定める非常の場合の費用に充てるために請求する場合においては、支払期日前であつても、既往の労働に対する賃金を支払わなければならない。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-25/par-1 If a worker requests payment of wages to cover the expenses of childbirth, an illness or injury, or any other emergency prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the employer must pay wages for the work in which the worker has already been engaged even if it is before the normal date of payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十六条（休業手当） — (Allowance for Absence from Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-26 **第一項** 使用者の責に帰すべき事由による休業の場合においては、使用者は、休業期間中当該労働者に、その平均賃金の百分の六十以上の手当を支払わなければならない。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-26/par-1 In the event of an absence from work for reasons attributable to the employer, the employer must pay the worker an allowance equal to at least 60 percent of their average wage during that period of absence from work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十七条（出来高払制の保障給） — (Guaranteed Payment at Piece Rates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-27 **第一項** 出来高払制その他の請負制で使用する労働者については、使用者は、労働時間に応じ一定額の賃金の保障をしなければならない。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-27/par-1 An employer must guarantee a fixed amount of wages proportionate to working hours for workers employed based on a piece rate or other such system under a service contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十八条（最低賃金） — (Minimum Wage) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-28 **第一項** 賃金の最低基準に関しては、最低賃金法（昭和三十四年法律第百三十七号）の定めるところによる。 art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-28/par-1 Minimum standards for wages are as prescribed in the Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 137 of 1959). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十九条から第三十一条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-29-to-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-29-to-31 **第一項** 削除 art-29-to-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-3#art-29-to-31/par-1 no English for this paragraph --- ## Cites - art-24/par-2: 第八十九条 → 労働基準法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-9#art-89 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20281223_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27