17. Amendment of Schedules 1, 2 and 4
(1) The Commissioner may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1 or 2.
(2) The Chief Executive in Council may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 4.
18. Transitional provisions
(1) If the effective date of the first prescribed minimum hourly wage rate is a date after the beginning of a wage period of an employee, in calculating the minimum wage for the employee for that period no account is to be taken of any hour (including any part of an hour) worked by the employee in that period before that effective date nor of any wages payable to the employee for any such hour or part of an hour.
(2) If the prescribed minimum hourly wage rate is increased or reduced under section 16(1) after the beginning of a wage period of an employee, in calculating the minimum wage for the employee for that period the increased or reduced rate only applies to any hour (including any part of an hour) worked by the employee on or after the effective date of the increase or reduction.
(3) For the purposes of section 3, no account is to be taken of any period of employment that precedes the commencement of that section.
PART 5
Labour Tribunal Ordinance
19. Schedule amended
(1) Paragraph 1(a) and (aa) of the Schedule to the Labour Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 25) is amended by adding “or (if relevant) arising by force of section 10(1) of the Minimum Wage Ordinance (15 of 2010)” after “implied”.
(2) Paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule is amended by adding “, the Minimum Wage Ordinance (15 of 2010)” after “(Cap. 57)”.
