Hong Kong

New and updated

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Employee rights

  Updated to include additional information on statutory holidays. 

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Training and development

  Updated to reflect a change to the public subsidy received by employers under the Youth Employment and Training Programme.  

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Health and safety

  Updated to reflect changes to fines for failing to comply with an improvement notice. 

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to reflect that the legislation to abolish the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) offsetting mechanism will take effect on 1 May 2025. 

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect an increase to the statutory minimum wage, effective from 1 May 2023. 

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Termination of employment

  Updated to reflect a change to the valid reasons for an employer to terminate a contract of employment.

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Equal opportunities

  Updated to include information on discrimination and harassment on the ground of breastfeeding.

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Industrial relations

  Updated to reflect the most recent information (2022) on the number of registered trade unions and federations.

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Useful online resources

  Enhanced to include information on official data services.

• Type:

  International

  Hong Kong: Contracts of employment

  Updated to include additional information on requirements for contracts of employment.