Statutory Minimum Wage
Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) has come into force since 1 May 2011. The current SMW rate is $37.5 per hour effective from 1 May 2019.
The Chief Executive in Council has adopted the recommendation of the Minimum Wage Commission to raise the SMW rate to $40 per hour. Subject to approval by the Legislative Council, the revised SMW rate will take effect from 1 May 2023.
Guidelines on Statutory Minimum Wage
- Statutory Minimum Wage: latest revision
- Concise Guide to Statutory Minimum Wage
- Chinese (PDF)
- English (PDF)
- Bahasa Indonesia (PDF) (Text Only)
- Tagalog (PDF) (Text Only)
- Thai ภาษาไทย (PDF) (Text Only)
- Hindi हिंदी (PDF) (Text Only)
- Nepali नेपाली (PDF) (Text Only)
- Urdu اردو (PDF) (Text Only)
- Sinhala සිංහල (PDF) (Text Only)
- Statutory Minimum Wage : Industry-specific Reference Guidelines
Student interns and work experience students during a period of exempt student employment:
(For exemption details, please click here)- Statutory Minimum Wage : Notes for Student Employees and Employers (PDF)
- Leaflet on Exemption for specified student interns and work experience students (PDF)
- Specimen Content of statutory declaration made by a work experience student for a period of exempt student employment (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:
- Concise Guide to Productivity Assessment for Employees with Disabilities under the Statutory Minimum Wage Regime
- Chinese (PDF)
- English (PDF)
- Bahasa Indonesia (PDF)
- Tagalog (PDF)
- Thai ภาษาไทย (PDF)
- Hindi हिंदी (PDF)
- Nepali नेपाली (PDF)
- Urdu اردو (PDF)
- Sinhala සිංහල (PDF)
- Support Kits on Productivity Assessment for Employees with Disabilities under the Statutory Minimum Wage Regime
- Revision of Statutory Minimum Wage Rate: Notes for Employees with Disabilities and Employers (PDF)
- Article titled "Statutory Minimum Wage-Rights of Employees with Disabilities and Productivity Assessment" (PDF)
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