Labour department launches minimum wage calculator

The Labour Department launched a Minimum Wage Reference Calculator at its homepage and the GovHK website.

 
To further assist employers and employees in checking whether the minimum wage requirement has been met, the Labour Department rolled out the Minimum Wage Reference Calculator to provide a simple, direct and effective means for computing the minimum wage for the more common work patterns for users' quick and preliminary reference.

Members of the public may make use of the Minimum Wage Reference Calculator at the Labour Department's homepage at www.labour.gov.hk or the GovHK website at www.gov.hk to enter some basic information like the number of working days per week and the amount of wages paid.

The calculator programme will then work out the minimum wage amount and compare it with the wages payable to the employee to see if the minimum wage requirement has been met or not. If not, the calculator will show the additional remuneration the employer needs to pay the employee.

The calculator will set out the calculations in a report generated by the programme for the reference and retention of employers and employees. The calculator is a simple tool, and accurate calculations will require consideration of other factors such as the terms in the employment contract and the actual hours worked and leave taken in the month.