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Labour Relations

Employment Ordinance A Concise Guide to the Employment Ordinance Employment Ordinance at a Glance Chinese (PDF) English (PDF) Hindi (PDF) Nepali (PDF) Sinhala (PDF) Urdu (PDF) A Concise Guide to the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 [the amendment relating to the criminalisation of defaulting payment of an award of a tribunal] Chinese (PDF) English (PDF) Indonesian (PDF) Tagalog (PDF) Thai (PDF) Hindi (PDF) Nepali (PDF) Sinhala (PDF) Urdu (PDF) Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 - Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (PDF) The Criminal Liability of Employers Defaulting on Awards and the related "Without Reasonable Excuse" Clause (PDF) NEW! A Concise Guide to the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 (PDF) [the amendment relating to the calculation of relevant statutory entitlements of employees] Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 - Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (PDF) Summary of Major Amendments to the Employment Ordinance made under the Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006 (PDF) Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006 Commonly Asked Questions (PDF) A comic kit on the Employment Ordinance (Q&As) (C) Substitution Arrangement where any Lunar New Year Holiday or the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday (PDF) NEW! Maternity Protection Maternity Protection (PDF) Maternity Leave Record Prescribed Form (PDF) Contract and Records Proper Keeping of Wage and Employment Records (PDF) Keeping Proper Employment Records - Reference for Employee Wage Protection Wage Defaults May Result in Criminal Liability Company Responsible Persons Are Also Liable (PDF) Protect Your Rights Report Wage Defaults Promptly (PDF) Summer Job A Guide to the Employment Ordinance for Summer Job Students (PDF) NEW! Others Employee? Contractor / Self-employed Person? (PDF) Part-time Employment - Know More about Labour Legislation Chinese (PDF) English (PDF) Hindi (PDF) NEW! Indonesian (PDF) NEW! Nepali (PDF) NEW! Thai (PDF) NEW! Digest of Court Cases on the Employment Ordinance (PDF) Amendments to the Employment Ordinance with effect from 1 May 2011 With effect from 1 May 2011, employers are required by the Employment Ordinance and the Minimum Wage Ordinance to keep the total number of hours worked by related employees in a wage period, please refer to the leaflet on statutory minimum wage or visit http://www.labour.gov.hk/text/eng/news/mwo.htm for details.  Please note that failure to pay minimum wage amounts to a breach of the wage provisions under the Employment Ordinance.

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