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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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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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Can Employees Get Paid Sick Leave After Being in Quarantine or Confirmed with Covid-19?
Can Employees Get Paid Sick Leave After Being in Quarantine or Confirmed with Covid-19?
The current epidemic in Hong Kong is generally stable, and most of them are imported cases. However, there have been outbreaks of infections in sma...
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Hong Kong Statutory Maternity Leave to be Extended to 14 Weeks
Hong Kong Statutory Maternity Leave to be Extended to 14 Weeks
Earlier, the chief executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, has proposed to extend the maternity leave in The Chief Executive’s 2018 Policy Address. The governme...
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Keeping a Record of Sickness Days Is a Must?
Keeping a Record of Sickness Days Is a Must?
Employees in different companies are entitled to a fixed number of days of paid sick leave, which is a type of sick leave. Sick leave under the Emp...
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Ordinance 418|Do Part-time Employees Have Paid Leave?
Ordinance 418|Do Part-time Employees Have Paid Leave?
Recently, the Labour Department is reviewing the Ordinance 418 under the Employment Ordinance, and has put forward four proposals for consulting bo...
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