| Statutory
Holidays for 2012 The
12 statutory holidays for 2012 are: - The
first day of January (1 January)
- Lunar
New Year's Day (23 January)
- The
second day of Lunar New Year (24 January)
- The
third day of Lunar New Year (25 January)
- Ching
Ming Festival (4 April)
- Labour
Day (1 May)
- Tuen Ng Festival
(23 June)
- Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July)
- The
day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (1 October) *
- National
Day (1 October) *
- The
Chung Yeung Festival (23 October)
- The
Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (21 December) or Christmas Day (25 December)
(at the option of the employer)
*
Please note that the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the
National Day in 2012 fall on the same day in 2012 (i.e. 1 October 2012).
When an employee has taken either one of the holidays on that day, another
holiday should be granted on the next day which is not a statutory holiday
or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day. Conclusively,
the 12 statutory holidays which employees are entitled to will not be reduced
because of the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the National
Day fall on the same day in 2012.
All employees are entitled to the above
statutory holidays. If the statutory holiday falls on a rest day, a holiday
should be granted on the day following the rest day which is not a statutory holiday
or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day. An employee
having been employed under a continuous contract for not less than 3 months is
entitled to the holiday pay which is equivalent to the daily average wages earned
by the employee in the 12-month period preceding the holiday. Click
here for more information on Statutory Holidays Statutory
Holidays for 2011 |