deductions for employee's contributions for Mandatory Provident Fund, deductions from the wages of the employee for the recovery of the loan with the employee's written consent etc. are not regarded as wages.įor computing minimum wage, deductions from the wages of an employee made under the specified provisions of the Employment Ordinance in respect of any wage period must be counted as part of the wages payable in respect of that wage period e.g. end of year payment, employer's contribution to any retirement scheme etc. Unless otherwise specified in the Employment Ordinance (for details, please see the Concise Guide to the Employment Ordinance (Chapter 3) ( PDF)), wages means all remuneration, earnings, allowances (including travelling allowances, attendance allowances, commission, overtime pay), tips and service charges, however designated or calculated, capable of being expressed in terms of money, payable to an employee in respect of work done or to be done, subject to certain exclusions. Note 3: The definition of wages for Statutory Minimum Wage is aligned closely with that under the Employment Ordinance. travelling in connection with his employment, excluding travelling (in either direction) between his place of residence and his place of employment (other than a place of employment that is outside Hong Kong and is not his usual place of employment).Ī place of employment means any place at which the employee is, in accordance with the contract of employment or with the agreement or at the direction of the employer, in attendance for the purpose of doing work or receiving training.Īpart from the circumstances expressly mentioned in section 4 of the Minimum Wage Ordinance, if the time in question (including any part of an hour) is regarded as hours worked by the employee under the employment contract or agreement with the employer, such time should be included in computing minimum wage.in attendance at a place of employment, irrespective of whether he is provided with work or training at that time or.Under section 4 of the Minimum Wage Ordinance, for the purpose of computing minimum wage, hours worked (including any part of an hour) include any time when the employee is, in accordance with the contract of employment or with the agreement or at the direction of the employer: Hour worked on or after in calculating minimum wage for that wage period.Ĭompute minimum wage from to 30 April 2023 （$37.5 per hour）Ĭompute minimum wage from to 30 April 2019 （$34.5 per hour） * If falls within a wage period, the Statutory Minimum Wage rate of $40 per hour applies to any The information generated by this calculator programme should neither be used in any legal proceedings nor be regarded as evidence in pursuing any claim.įor details about minimum wage calculations, please refer to the Statutory Minimum Wage: Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees or call the 24-hour Enquiry Hotline 2717 1771 (handled by "1823").Ĭompute minimum wage from ( $40 per hour)* The Labour Department accepts no liability for any loss arising from or related to the use of the information. Since these factors would vary from case to case, they may not be able to be reflected fully in the computation.
Accurate calculations would require consideration of other factors like the terms and conditions under the employment contract and the actual hours worked/leave taken in the month etc. The computation results generated by the calculator programme are for quick and initial reference. NOTE This calculator programme works according to the data (including hours worked and wages) you have entered and certain assumptions on wage calculations. After entering all basic information (including hours worked and wages) and pressing the "Generate Report" button, the programme will work out the amount of minimum wage and the wages payable to the employee to see if the minimum wage requirement is met. The Minimum Wage Reference Calculator programme is a simple tool to assist employers and employees to quickly and initially compute the minimum wage for the more common work patterns for reference.
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