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Statutory Minimum Wage

Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) has come into force since 1 May 2011. With effect from 1 May 2023, the SMW rate is raised to $40 per hour.

The monthly monetary cap on the requirement of employers recording the total number of hours worked by employees is also uprated to $16,300.

Guidelines on Statutory Minimum Wage

Note: Publications denoted with New are produced with the SMW rate of $40 per hour (effective from 1 May 2023). Please click here if necessary to make reference to version of publications with SMW rate at $37.5 per hour (applicable during 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2023) including “Concise Guide to Statutory Minimum Wage”; “Statutory Minimum Wage: Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees”; and “Statutory Minimum Wage: Industry-specific Reference Guidelines”.

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

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