# 最低賃金法 / Minimum Wage Act — 第四条 (Article 4) - Law: 最低賃金法 (Minimum Wage Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百三十七号 - English title "Minimum Wage 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（最低賃金の効力） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（最低賃金の効力） — (Effect of Minimum Wages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4 **第一項** 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。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-1 Employers must pay wages of not less than the minimum wage amount to whom minimum wages are applicable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 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。 art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-2 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる賃金は、前二項に規定する賃金に算入しない。 art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-3 The following wages are not to be included in the wages prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 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 art-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-3/item-1 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; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 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 art-4/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-3/item-2 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; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該最低賃金において算入しないことを定める賃金 art-4/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-3/item-3 wages prescribed not to be included in the minimum wages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定は、労働者がその都合により所定労働時間若しくは所定労働日の労働をしなかつた場合又は使用者が正当な理由により労働者に所定労働時間若しくは所定労働日の労働をさせなかつた場合において、労働しなかつた時間又は日に対応する限度で賃金を支払わないことを妨げるものではない。 art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-4 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 最低賃金法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-1 - art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 最低賃金法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-2 - art-4/par-4: 第一項 → 最低賃金法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-1 - art-4/par-4: 第二項 → 最低賃金法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第八条の三の二第一項（適用除外の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8-3-2/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条の六第一項（適用除外の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-4-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-4-6/par-1 - 最低賃金法 第四条第三項（最低賃金の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-3 - 最低賃金法 第四条第四項（最低賃金の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-4/par-4 - 最低賃金法 第六条第一項（最低賃金の競合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-6/par-1 - 最低賃金法 第六条第二項（最低賃金の競合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-6/par-2 - 最低賃金法 第七条第一項（最低賃金の減額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-7/par-1 - 最低賃金法 第十三条第一項（派遣中の労働者の地域別最低賃金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-13/par-1 - 最低賃金法 第十八条第一項（派遣中の労働者の特定最低賃金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-18/par-1 - 最低賃金法 第三十五条第八項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-35/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-35/par-8 - 最低賃金法 第四十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/art-40/par-1 - 最低賃金法 附則第二条第一項（最低賃金の適用除外に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/suppl-4191-129/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000137/suppl-4191-129/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 最低賃金法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000137/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-09-23 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Minimum Wage Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3937/tb), retrieved 2026-09-23 - This site's parser, version 211 — 最低賃金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-23