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How to Legally Terminate Employees When the Business Is Slumping?
How to Legally Terminate Employees When the Business Is Slumping?
Recently, I saw a post on the Internet, saying as the outbreak of the COVID-19, a business owner in a small-sized company was seriously affected by...
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[Industry Tip] How to Best Manage F&B Staff When Economy Starts to Recover?
[Industry Tip] How to Best Manage F&B Staff When Economy Starts to Recover?
Under the coronavirus pandemic, the number of confirmed cases has gradually declined. People do not want to stay at home on holidays or on weeken...
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How to Calculate MPF Contribution for a New Employee?
How to Calculate MPF Contribution for a New Employee?
I believe that every company will include a probation period for new employees, typically three months in length, but also have six months in lengt...
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Do Hong Kong People Who Work in the Mainland Need to Join MPF?
Do Hong Kong People Who Work in the Mainland Need to Join MPF?
The Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme (MPF) is a retirement protection policy in Hong Kong. Therefore, many Hong Kong people working in the mainland ...
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Why Is It Difficult to Track Employee Attendance?
Why Is It Difficult to Track Employee Attendance?
Track attendance is common in the retail industry, catering industry, hotels, clinics, and other employers’ daily work. Employers need to record th...
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How to Calculate Annual Leave Payment on Termination of Employment Contract?
How to Calculate Annual Leave Payment on Termination of Employment Contract?
Mr. Cheung worked in a logistics company for several years and recently wanted to change jobs. He told his employer about his resignation in the le...
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How to Offset Severance / Long Service Payment When Employee Is Terminated?
How to Offset Severance / Long Service Payment When Employee Is Terminated?
Under the Employment Ordinance, an employer can offset the Long Service Payment(“LSP”) or Severance Payment(“SP”) paid to an employee who is termin...
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Can Employers Deduct Salary from Sick Leave During the Outbreak of COVID-19?
Can Employers Deduct Salary from Sick Leave During the Outbreak of COVID-19?
In recent days, the severity of the COVID-19 is even worse than February, and more and more people are getting infected. The Chief Executive of the...
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Can Employees Get Compensation for Work-related Injuries if They Are Confirmed With Coronavirus at Work?
Can Employees Get Compensation for Work-related Injuries if They Are Confirmed With Coronavirus at Work?
Hong Kong has so far recorded thousands of confirmed coronavirus cases. However, The Employees’ Compensation Ordinance(ECO) does not specify whethe...
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What Is 12-Month Average Daily Wages (ADW)?
What Is 12-Month Average Daily Wages (ADW)?
The 12-month average daily rate (ADW) is very common when doing payroll, and while many HRs understand the concept of ADW, they don’t know how to a...
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Secure Your HR System with SSO (Microsoft Azure & Okta)
Secure Your HR System with SSO (Microsoft Azure & Okta)
In the early stage of a business, enterprises might use a few servers and applications. However, with the growth of the business and the correspond...
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How to Set an Annual Leave Policy?
How to Set an Annual Leave Policy?
An employee is entitled to paid annual leave under the Employment Ordinance(EO), it can be regarded as statutory annual leave, that is, the minimum...
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