Does the minimum wage include social security?

The minimum wage standard does not include the social security part paid by individuals. The composition of the minimum wage standard does not include the welfare benefits of workers stipulated by laws and regulations and the state, so it does not include social security paid by individuals. The minimum wage standard is the minimum labor remuneration that the employer should pay according to law on the premise that the laborer provides normal labor within the statutory working hours or the working hours stipulated in the labor contract signed according to law.

legal ground

Article 12 of the Minimum Wage Ordinance 1

Under the condition that the laborer provides normal labor, the wages that the employer should pay to the laborer shall not be lower than the local minimum wage after deducting the following items:

(1) Extending working hours and wages;

(2) allowances under special working environments and conditions such as middle shift, night shift, high temperature, low temperature, underground, toxic and harmful;

(3) Employees' welfare as stipulated by laws, regulations and the state, etc.