The Chief Executive (CE) in Council has adopted the recommendation of the Minimum Wage Commission (MWC) on raising the Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) rate from its prevailing level of HK$42.1 per hour to HK$43.1, an increase of HK$1.0 or 2.38%.
The Government will publish the Minimum Wage Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Notice 2026 in the Gazette next Friday (Feb.20) and table it in the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Feb. 25. Subject to the approval of the LegCo, the revised SMW rate will come into force on May 1 this year.
The Government will publish the Employment Ordinance (Amendment of Ninth Schedule) Notice 2026 in the Gazette on Feb. 20 and table it in the LegCo on Feb. 25. The Notice concurrently amends the monthly monetary cap on the requirement for employers to record the total number of hours worked by employees in a wage period. An employer will be exempted from the requirement to record the total number of hours worked by an employee in a wage period if the wages payable to the employee for that wage period are not less than HK$17,600 (currently HK$17,200) per month. The revised monthly monetary cap will come into force on the same day as the revised SMW rate takes effect, which is May 1 this year.
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