Migrant domestic workers’ union organisations have said they are “dismayed” and “disappointed” by the HK$120 increase to domestic workers’ minimum monthly salary. The government on Friday announced a 2.5 per cent rise in the minimum wage paid to migrant domestic workers in the city, raising their monthly salary from HK$4,870 to HK$4,990 for contracts signed on, or after, Saturday. There was no change to workers’ food allowance, which currently stands at HK$1,236 per month, or roughly HK$40 per day. “We are very much dismayed with the result of the Minimum Allowable Wage review, as the increase…
