Statutory Minimum Wage

Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) has come into force since 1 May 2011. With effect from 1 May 2019, the SMW rate is raised to $37.5 per hour. Concurrently, the monetary cap on the requirement of employers keeping records of the total number of hours worked by employees is also revised to $15,300 per month.

Guidelines on Statutory Minimum Wage

• Statutory Minimum Wage: latest revision
  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Tagalog
  • Thai ภาษาไทย
  • Hindi हिंदी
  • Nepali नेपाली
  • Urdu اردو
  • Sinhala සිංහල

• 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 : Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees (PDF)

• Statutory Minimum Wage : Industry-specific Reference Guidelines (Examples of computing minimum wage in the Annex have been updated)
  • Real Estate Agency (PDF)
  • Logistics (PDF)
  • Property Management, Security Services and Cleaning Services (PDF)
  • Hotel and Tourism (PDF)
  • Catering (PDF)
  • Retail (PDF)

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) NEW
• 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
  • Support Kit for Employees with Disabilities
  • Support Kit for Employers
• 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)