STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE

Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) has come into force since 1 May 2011. With effect from 1 May 2013, the SMW rate is revised from $28 per hour to $30 per hour. The monetary cap on the requirement of employers keeping records of the total number of hours worked by employees is also revised from $11,500 per month to $12,300 per month with effect from 1 May 2013.

Guidelines and Calculator on Statutory Minimum Wage:

• Statutory Minimum Wage : Latest Revision NEW
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• Concise Guide to Statutory Minimum Wage
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• Concise Guide to Statutory Minimum Wage
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• Statutory Minimum Wage : Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees
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• Statutory Minimum Wage : Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees
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• Statutory Minimum Wage : Industry-specific Reference Guidelines
  • Real Estate Agency (PDF)
  • Logistics (PDF)
  • Property Management, Security Services and Cleaning Services (PDF)
  • Hotel and Tourism (PDF)
  • Catering (PDF)
  • Retail (PDF)
    
    
• Minimum Wage Reference Calculator
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions on Statutory Minimum Wage

Student interns and work experience students during a period of exempt student employment:

• Statutory Minimum Wage : Notes for Student Employees and Employers (PDF)
• Specimen Confirmation of "student intern" status (Fillable PDF Form) (PDF)
• Specimen Confirmation of student status for "work experience student" (Fillable PDF Form) (PDF)

Employees with disabilities:

Employees with disabilities enjoy the same protection but they also have the right to invoke productivity assessment to determine whether they should be remunerated at not lower than the statutory minimum wage rate or at a rate commensurate with their productivity. For details, please refer to the following information or click here.

• Concise Guide to Productivity Assessment for Persons with Disabilities under the Statutory Minimum Wage Regime (PDF) NEW
• Adjustment of Statutory Minimum Wage Rate : Notes for Employees with Disabilities and Employers (PDF) NEW
• Leaflet on Productivity Assessment for Persons with Disabilities under the Statutory Minimum Wage Regime
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• Article titled "Statutory Minimum Wage-Rights of Employees with Disabilities and Productivity Assessment" (PDF)

Minimum Wage Ordinance, Chapter 608:

• Full text of the legislation

TV Announcements relating to Statutory Minimum Wage:

• Revised Statutory Minimum Wage Rate NEW

Radio Announcements relating to Statutory Minimum Wage:

• Revised Statutory Minimum Wage Rate (Transcript) NEW

Videos relating to Statutory Minimum Wage:

• Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Labour & Welfare: Society to benefit from minimum wage
  
• Minimum wage protects grassroots staff
• Minimum wage reference calculator launched
• Inspectors promote minimum wage compliance
  

Minimum Wage Commission:

• The Minimum Wage Commission is an independent statutory body established under Part 3 of the Minimum Wage Ordinance.

Others:

• Report of the Study on Knock-on Effect of Statutory Minimum Wage on Pay Hierarchies in the Retail and Restaurant Sectors (PDF) conducted by Consultant commissioned by the Government