Minimum Wages Law：最低賃金法～日本の労働関係法令～

2019.04.05
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In Japan, the following laws and regulations related to labour standards apply (extract):

3 Minimum Wages Law：3 最低賃金法～日本の労働関係法令～

(1)Types of minimum wage：最低賃金の種類
There are two types of minimum wage as follows:
① Minimum wage by region (minimum wage separately prescribed for each prefecture)
② Specific minimum wage (by industry)(Minimum wage prescribed for core workers in each category)

(2)Effect of minimum wage (Article 4)：最低賃金の効力
An employer shall pay workers wages an amount no less than the minimum wage (Paragraph 1).
Even if a labour contract is entered into between an employer and its employee specifying a commitment to pay a wage in an amount less than the minimum wage, such committed amount of wage shall be invalid and a labour contract providing for a wage in the same amount as the minimum wage shall be deemed to have been entered into between both parties (Paragraph 2)
In addition, in case both the minimum wage by region and specified minimum wage (by industry) apply simultaneously, a wage in the amount equivalent to the higher of the two minimum wages shall be paid (Article 6)

In order to check whether a wage being actually paid is the same of higher than the prescribed minimum wage, the amount of wage concerned shall be compared with applicable minimum wage by using the following method:
・ In case of an hourly wage: Hourly ≧ Minimum wage (per hour)
・ In case of a daily wage:
Daily wage ÷ Prescribed working hours per day ≧ Minimum wage (per hour)
(In case of specified minimum wage (by industry) prescribing an amount per day:
Daily wage ≧ Minimum wage (per hour)
・ In case of a monthly wage:
Monthly wage ÷ Prescribed working hours per month ≧ Minimum wage (per hour)
(In case the prescribed working hours differ depending on the month:
(Amount of monthly wage × 12 months) ÷Prescribed working hours per year ≧ Minimum wage (per hour))

※The minimum wages by region and specified minimum wage ( by industry) shall apply to dispatched workers.

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<The list of regional minimum wages＞　

都道府県名 regional	最低賃金時間額【円】 minimum wages	発効年月日 Date of issue
北海道 Hokkaido	835	2018/10/1
青　森 Aomori	762	2018/10/4
岩　手 Iwate	762	2018/10/1
宮　城 Miyagi	798	2018/10/1
秋　田 Akita	762	2018/10/1
山　形 Yamagata	763	2018/10/1
福　島 Fukushima	772	2018/10/1
茨　城 Ibaraki	822	2018/10/1
栃　木 Tochigi	826	2018/10/1
群　馬 Gunma	809	2018/10/6
埼　玉 Saitama	898	2018/10/1
千　葉 Chiba	895	2018/10/1
東　京 Tokyo	985	2018/10/1
神奈川 Kanagawa	983	2018/10/1
新　潟 Niigata	803	2018/10/1
富　山 Toyama	821	2018/10/1
石　川 Ishikawa	806	2018/10/1
福　井 Fukui	803	2018/10/1
山　梨 Yamanashi	810	2018/10/3
長　野 Nagano	821	2018/10/1
岐　阜 Gifu	825	2018/10/1
静　岡 Shizuoka	858	2018/10/3
愛　知 Aichi	898	2018/10/1
三　重 Mie	846	2018/10/1
滋　賀 Shiga	839	2018/10/1
京　都 Kyoto	882	2018/10/1
大　阪 Osaka	936	2018/10/1
兵　庫 Hyogo	871	2018/10/1
奈　良 Nara	811	2018/10/4
和歌山 Wakayama	803	2018/10/1
鳥　取 Tottori	762	2018/10/5
島　根 Shimane	764	2018/10/1
岡　山 Okayama	807	2018/10/3
広　島 Hiroshima	844	2018/10/1
山　口 Yamaguchi	802	2018/10/1
徳　島 Tokushima	766	2018/10/1
香　川 Kagawa	792	2018/10/1
愛　媛 Ehime	764	2018/10/1
高　知 Kochi	762	2018/10/5
福　岡 Fukuoka	814	2018/10/1
佐　賀 Saga	762	2018/10/4
長　崎 Nagasaki	762	2018/10/6
熊　本 Kumamoto	762	2018/10/1
大　分 Oita	762	2018/10/1
宮　崎 Miyazaki	762	2018/10/5
鹿児島 Kagoshima	761	2018/10/1
沖　縄 Okinawa	762	2018/10/3
平均額 average	874	－