Minimum Wage Ordinance in Hong Kong

Confirmation of Student Status for "Work Experience Student" under Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608)

The Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO) has come into force since 1 May 2011. UG Student Development and Career Services Team would help confirm your student status for "work experience student" under minimum wage ordinance (Cap. 608) if you meet the requirements. Details of the Minimum wage Ordinance of HKSAR government could be found at Labour Department website and Notes for Student Employees and Employers could be found here.

Confirm your student status for “Work Experience Student”

To confirm your student status for “Work Experience Student”, undergraduate business students can submit the following documents to bmcareer@ust.hk at least 4 weeks before the employment commences for review by UG Student Development and Career Services Team.

• Completed Confirmation of student status for “work experience student” under the Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608) Form with the following details
  - Academic Year
  - Full Name (same as HKID)
  - HKID No.
  - Programme Enrolled

• Completed Job Offer Record Form
• Copy of your Student ID
• Copy of the employment contract/ appointment email with the following details
  - Job Position
  - Salary
  - Employment Period (with Start Date and End Date)

Please be reminded that under the Ordinance, "work experience student" and his/her employer may agree to treat a continuous period of up to 59 days as exempt student employment, i.e. 59 days is the maximum day of exempt student employment and the statutory minimum wage ordinance applies from your 60th day of employment.

Statutory Declaration for a Period of Exempt Student Employment Contract

After your student status has been confirmed by the School, please be reminded that you have to make the statutory declaration for a period of exempt student employment before the commencement of the employment contract and provide it (or copy) to the employer in order to meet the concerned exemption criteria for Statutory Minimum Wage.

Specimen Content of statutory declaration made by a work experience student for a period of exempt student employment could be downloaded here.

For details, please refer to the Notes for Student Employees and Employers here.

Important Note

Please refer to Labour Department website and HKUST Career Center website for the most updated information regarding the Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608) and “Student interns and work experience students during a period of exempt student employments”.