【勞工法例-最低工資條例"適用範圍"常見問題】法定最低工資的適用範圍為何 (What is the coverage of Statutory Minimum Wage, SMW) ...... ?

​法定最低工資適用於所有僱員，不論他們是月薪、週薪、日薪、時薪、件薪、長工、臨時工、全職、兼職或其他僱員，也不論他們是否按《僱傭條例》的「連續性合約」(註1) 受僱，但不適用於下列人士：

*《僱傭條例》所不適用的人士(註2)
*留宿家庭傭工(註3)
*指定的實習學員，以及正處於獲豁免學生僱用期的工作經驗學員

註1 : 根據《僱傭條例》，僱員如連續受僱於同一僱主4星期或以上，而每星期最少工作18小時，其僱傭合約便屬「連續性合約」。

註2 : 《僱傭條例》不適用於：(a) 僱主家屬並與僱主同住的僱員﹔(b)《往香港以外地方就業合約條例》所界定的僱員﹔(c) 根據《商船（海員）條例》所指的船員協議而服務的人，或在並非於香港註冊的船上服務的人﹔及(d) 按照《學徒制度條例》註冊的學徒。就(d)而言，雖然《僱傭條例》內的若干規定適用於有關的註冊學徒，但法定最低工資並不適用於他們。

註3 : 這是指免費居於受僱工作的住戶的家庭傭工（包括家務助理、護理員、司機、園丁、船工或其他私人傭工），不論該傭工的性別、種族及國籍。

​SMW applies to all employees, whether they are monthly-rated, weekly-rated, daily-rated, hourly-rated, piece-rated, permanent, casual, full-time, part-time or other employees, and regardless of whether they are employed under a continuous contract (Note 1) as defined in the Employment Ordinance, with the following exceptions:

* persons to whom the Employment Ordinance does not apply(Note 2)
* live-in domestic workers(Note 3)
* specified student interns as well as work experience students during a period of exempt student employment
 

Note 1: According to the Employment Ordinance, an employee who has been employed continuously by the same employer for four weeks or more, with at least 18 hours worked in each week is regarded as being employed under a continuous contract.

Note 2:The Employment Ordinance does not apply to : (a) a family member who lives in the same dwelling as the employer; (b) an employee as defined in the Contracts for Employment Outside Hong Kong Ordinance; (c) a person serving under a crew agreement under the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance, or on board a ship which is not registered in Hong Kong; (d) an apprentice whose contract of apprenticeship has been registered under the Apprenticeship Ordinance. As for (d), while certain provisions of the Employment Ordinance apply to registered apprentices, SMW is not applicable.

Note 3:This refers to domestic workers (including domestic helpers, carers, chauffeurs, gardeners, boat-boys or other personal helpers) who dwell free of charge in their employing household, irrespective of their sex, race or nationality.

https://www.labour.gov.hk/tc/faq/smw_coverage.htm