Hong Kong Increases Domestic Helpers’ Monthly Minimum Wage by 2.2% to HK$5,100

Hong Kong DHs to get pay hike

Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong are getting a salary increase, the Department of Migrant Workers reported yesterday.

Minimum pay rise to HK$5,100 for domestic workers ‘a far cry’ from living wage, group says

Hong Kong has increased the base pay of foreign domestic workers to HK$5,100 a month, but a migrant workers group criticises that the new minimum wage is “a far cry” from a living wage. Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Labour Department announced on Monday a 2.2 per cent increase in the minimum wage for foreign domestic workers, from HK$4,990. Meanwhile, the food allowance for workers whose meals are not prov…

HK raises minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers by 2.2pc to $5,100 starting Sep 30

The Hong Kong government announced on Monday that there will be a 2.2 percent increase in the Minimum Allowable Wage (MAW) for foreign domestic helpers, raising it from HK$4,990 to HK$5,100 per month, effective for all contracts signed from Tuesday, while the food allowance remains unchanged.

Hong Kong increases domestic helpers’ monthly minimum wage by 2.2% to HK$5,100

Monthly minimum food allowance remains unchanged at HK$1,236, government says.