【勞工法例-最低工資條例"適用範圍"常見問題】法定最低工資豁免哪些實習學員及工作經驗學員 (What kinds of student interns and work experience students are exempted from SMW) ...... ?

法定最低工資不適用於指定的實習學員，以及正處於獲豁免學生僱用期的工作經驗學員。詳情如下:

指定的實習學員

指定的實習學員 指下列類別的學生僱員－

* 進行由《最低工資條例》附表1 指明的本地教育機構安排或認可的工作實習，而這實習屬該教育機構向該學生提供的全日制經評審課程的必修或選修部分；或
*居於香港，並進行由某機構安排或認可的工作實習，而這實習屬該機構向該學生提供的學位或更高程度的非本地學術資格的全日制教育課程的必修或選修部分。

正處於獲豁免學生僱用期的工作經驗學員

工作經驗學員指下列類別的學生僱員－

*修讀由《最低工資條例》附表1 指明的本地教育機構提供的全日制經評審課程；或
*居於香港，並修讀學位或更高程度的非本地學術資格的全日制教育課程，

而該學生在開始受僱時仍未滿26歲，以及與僱主協議獲豁免學生僱用期，為期不多於連續59天，並須符合以下條件－

(a) 該學生不曾於同一公曆年內開始另一段獲豁免學生僱用期(註 1)（不論是否受僱於同一僱主）；及
該學生已就以上(a)項的事實作出法定聲明，並向僱主提供有關的法定聲明或其副本。
勞工處已印備《法定最低工資：學生僱員及僱主須知》 (文字版本)小冊子，介紹有關豁免的詳情。

註1 : 公曆年是由1月1日至12月31日。

​SMW does not apply to specified student interns as well as work experience students during a period of exempt student employment. Details are as follows:

Specified Student interns

A specified student intern is

* a student undergoing a period of work arranged or endorsed by a local education institution specified in Schedule 1 to the Minimum Wage Ordinance, and the work is a compulsory or elective component of the requirements of a full-time accredited programme being provided by the institution to the student; or
* a student resident in Hong Kong and undergoing a period of work arranged or endorsed by an institution, and the work is a compulsory or elective component of the requirements of a full-time education programme for a non-local academic qualification at degree or higher level being provided by the institution to the student.

Work experience students during a period of exempt student employment

A work experience student is:

* a student who is enrolled in a full-time accredited programme provided by a local education institution specified in Schedule 1 to the Minimum Wage Ordinance; or
* a student who is resident in Hong Kong and enrolled in a full-time education programme for a non-local academic qualification at degree or higher level

and is under the age of 26 years at the beginning of employment. The work experience student may agree with the employer to have a continuous period of up to 59 days as exempt student employment if :

(a) the student has not commenced another exempt student employment period within the same calendar year (Note1) (whether under the employment of the same employer or not); and
(b) the student has made a statutory declaration verifying the fact in (a) above and provided the declaration (or copy) to the employer.

The Labour Department has published a booklet on Statutory Minimum Wage: Notes for Student Employees and Employers (Text Alternative)on the details of the exemption.

Note 1: A calendar year runs from 1 January to 31 December.

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