Macau to Consider Minimum Wage

Sun, Nov 19, 2017

The government of Macau will conduct a 45-day public review of a proposed minimum wage law that would apply to all workers in the city. Four public hearings on the subject will be held through December 27.

Only place in China without minimum wage law

Macau’s Labor Affairs Bureau has announced a 45-day public consultation on a proposed statutory minimum wage for all workers in the city. Four public sessions will be held through December 27, reported the Macau News.

DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong said the bureau will not recommend the amount of the minimum wage in the review period, which will focus on how the system should work.

A statutory minimum wage of MOP30 an hour (US$3.76) or MOP240 a day (US$30.05) for cleaners and doormen employed by the property management sector was approved in mid-2015 and took effect in January 2016.

Early this year, Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On indicated a minimum wage for all employees would be in place by 2019.

Macau is the only Chinese jurisdiction that does not have a statutory minimum wage for all employment sectors, the News reported.

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