Critique Articles

2018-06-25
Are grassroots workers better off now than before?
2017-05-21
Minimum wage law failed by review process
2016-09-08
Minimum wage: time for a pause or time for salvage?
2015-04-22
It is time to reform the mechanism for reviewing the minimum wage
2014-07-03
A minimum wage freeze? A most unacceptable proposal!
2012-06-16
Benchmarking the minimum wage to subsistence
2010-07-22
The political background behind statutory minimum wage negotiation
2010-04-24
A fair minimum wage rate should not be less than $30 per hour
2010-03-27
Parasitic trades and social costs of low wages
2010-01-14
Britain’s minimum wage experience: lessons for Hong Kong
2009-11-04
The British experience of minimum wages

Position Papers & Proposals

2018-05-18
Acknowledge the evidence, admit the failure of the Statutory Minimum Wage, and uprate the wage to at least $42/hour — Hong Kong Democratic Foundation’s response to the 2018 statutory minimum wage review exercise
2016-05-22
Salvaging the Minimum Wage Ordinance and redressing the imbalance in setting the Statutory Minimum Wage – Hong Kong Democratic Foundation’s response to the 2016 statutory minimum wage review exercise
2014-05-18
Uprate the minimum wage to no less than $36 per hour and bring it closer to the subsistence needs of low-wage-earners — Hong Kong Democratic Foundation’s response to the 2014 statutory minimum wage review exercise
2012-05-28
Responses by The Professional Commons regarding the public consultation on the Statutory Minimum Wage Rate
2012-05-21
Benchmarking the minimum wage to subsistence, protecting low-wage earners’ livelihood – Hong Kong Democratic Foundation’s response to the 2012 statutory minimum wage review exercise
2010-09-24
Enhancing social and environmental sustainability, fair sharing of economic prosperity: submission on the 2010-11 Policy Address (Executive summary)
2010-09-24
Enhancing social and environmental sustainability, fair sharing of economic prosperity: submission on the 2010-11 Policy Address
2010-07-01
An Open Letter to the Provisional Minimum Wage Commission
2010-05-01
A fair minimum wage should be no less than $30 per hour – a proposal for Hong Kong’s initial statutory minimum wage rate submitted by the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation

Research Briefs

2010-06-01
Research brief on minimum wages (issue 5) – The British Low Pay Commission speaks: its work and the British National Minimum Wage
2010-05-11
Research brief on minimum wages (issue 4) – The narrowness of local discourse on minimum wages
2009-08-27
Research brief on minimum wages (issue 3) – The British experience
2009-08-17
Research brief on minimum wages (issue 2) – Fabians on why a minimum wage may not reduce employment
2009-08-13
Research brief on minimum wages (issue 1) – The state of the debate on minimum wages

Speeches, Forums & Seminars

2010-09-22
Poverty in Hong Kong: our challenges and responses
2010-03-24
Minimum wage legislation in Hong Kong