Sick Leave Wages
the minimum amount of sick leave wage
For the sick leave wages, the law and regulation only established the minimum amount, so the emloyer could pay more if they want to.
Under national law, the minimum amount of sick leave wages is 80% of the minimum wages required by local regulation.
However, the minimum amount of the sick leave wages in Shanghai is fluctuant. The way to caculate the minimum amount is a little complicated.
- Caculation Formula: sick leave wage=wage base * coefficient
- The range of minimum amount: 80%*local minimum wage≤minimum amount of sick leave wage≤ average wage of last year
Thus, when sick leave wage caculated by the formula above is higher than the average wage of last year, the employer could choose the average wage as sick leave wage.
- Wage base ≥local minimum wage
Where the wage is setforthed in labour contract, the wage is wage base; where the wage is not stipulated in labour contract, the wage base is equal to 70% of the normal monthly income.
- The coefficient depends on the years of working and the length of the sick leave has been taken
| Years of consecutive service(social working experience) | coefficient | |
| If the employee consecutively takes leave of less than 6 months | < 2 years | 60% |
| 2–4 years | 70% | |
| 4–6 years | 80% | |
| 6–8 years | 90% | |
| > 8 years | 100% | |
| If the employee consecutively takes leave of more than 6 months | < 1 year | 40% |
| 1–3 years | 50% | |
| > 3 years | 60% |
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