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Minimum Wage Commission

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Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) aims to maintain an appropriate balance between the objectives of forestalling excessively low wages and minimising the loss of low-paid jobs, and give due regard to sustaining Hong Kong’s economic growth and competitiveness.

With reference to the views collected during the first-stage consultation, MWC cordially invites the community to give further views.

Q1. Do you agree to change the review cycle of the SMW rate to annual review?

Please provide justifications:


Q2. Do you agree to adjust the SMW rate by adopting indicators or a formula constituted of indicators?

Please provide justifications:
(If your reply is No comment, Disagree or Strongly disagree, please go to Q6.)


Q3. If you agree to adjust the SMW rate by adopting indicators or a formula constituted of indicators, please select the items you consider most appropriate from the following categoriesNote of indicators (three items at most).

  Price change/inflation/purchasing power

  Wage level/household income

  Level of welfare assistance

  Living wage/basic family living needs

  Overall economic performance

  Number of persons covered by SMW

  Poverty situation

  Others, please specify and provide justifications:
(Note: Please refer to Appendix 2 of the Consultation Document for examples under each category of suggested indicators.)


Q4. If indicator(s) or a formula constituted of indicator(s) is/are adopted for adjusting the SMW rate, do you agree that the indicator(s) or formula concerned should be reviewed from time to time in future?

Please provide justifications:
(If your reply is No comment, Disagree or Strongly disagree, please go to Q6.)


Q5. If you agree that the indicator(s) or formula concerned should be reviewed, how long should the review cycle be?

Please provide justifications:


Q6. Other views/supplementary information (if any)


Remarks:
If you have already provided views during the first-stage consultation, please fill in the date of your submission. You do not need to make the same submission again.


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*The public may choose to provide his/her personal data or otherwise when submitting views in this consultation. MWC may reproduce, quote, summarise and publish the submissions received in whole or in part, as appropriate, without the consent of the persons providing the views. Any personal data provided by the persons submitting views will only be used by MWC, Labour Department and other government departments/agencies for purposes directly related to this consultation. You have rights of access and correction with respect to personal data provided. Requests for data access and correction of personal data should be made in writing to Secretariat to the Minimum Wage Commission (Address: The Minimum Wage Commission, 1/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central).



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