The Statutory Minimum Wage comes into force on 1 May 2011 and the initial Statutory Minimum Wage rate is $28 per hour.

Guidelines and Calculator on Statutory Minimum Wage:

• Minimum Wage Reference Calculator
• Statutory Minimum Wage : Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees (PDF)
• 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)
• Concise Guide to Statutory Minimum Wage
  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (PDF)
  • Tagalog (PDF)
  • Thai (PDF)
  • Hindi (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Urdu (PDF)
• 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 a right to choose to have their productivity assessed to determine whether they should be remunerated at not lower than the Statutory Minimum Wage level or at a rate commensurate with their productivity. For details, please refer to the following leaflet or click here.

• Leaflet on Productivity Assessment for Persons with Disabilities under the Statutory Minimum Wage Regime
  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (PDF)
  • Tagalog (PDF)
  • Thai (PDF)
  • Hindi (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Urdu (PDF)

Minimum Wage Ordinance, Chapter 608:

• Full text of the legislation
  

TV Announcements relating to Statutory Minimum Wage:

• General Public
• Employers
• Employees
  
  

Radio Announcements relating to Statutory Minimum Wage:

• General Public
• Employers
• Employees
• Persons with Disabilities

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.