# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24. 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（賃金の支払） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-24 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/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 --- ## 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/ja/labor-standards-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-89 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第五条第一項第一号（法第十九条の二十六第一項第二号の出入国又は労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-5/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第百六条第一項（法令等の周知義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-106/par-1 - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第六条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-6-2/par-2 - 労働基準法施行規則 第七条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7-2/par-3 - 労働基準法施行規則 第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-8/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 第五十四条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-54/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-54/par-1/item-8 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), 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