The Secretary for Labour and Welfare has recently announced that the Employment (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 2018, which increases statutory paternity leave to five days, will come into operation on 18 January 2019. For further details on statutory paternity leave entitlement under the Employment Ordinance Cap. 57, please refer to our earlier article “Employment Update:
Nick Gall and Ashima Sood analyse the laws and regulations in Hong Kong to freeze and repatriate the proceeds of fraud and corruption in the latest edition of Getting The Deal Through: Asset Recovery 2019. The Hong Kong chapter can be found here: https://www.gallhk.com/Publications/AR2019HongKong.pdf The full guide can be viewed here: Getting the Deal Through:
The Labour Tribunal is intended to be a quick and informal venue for hearing disputes between an employer and employee. The Labour Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction to hear any claim for a sum of money exceeding HK$8,000 that arises from: – A contract of employment or contract of apprenticeship; or Failure to comply with the
The Employment (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 2018 (“Amendment Ordinance”) was gazetted on 2 November 2018. Under the Amendment Ordinance, the statutory paternity leave under the Employment Ordinance Cap. 57 (“EO”) will increase from three days to five days. An eligible male employee will be entitled to take up to five days of paternity leave in
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