Hong Kong HR Guide
Onboarding
- Employment Contract
- Tax Enrollment IR56E
- MPF Enrollment
- MPF Registration for Non-HK Expatriates
- Compensation Insurance
- Employment for Age below 18
- Data Privacy
Daily Routine
- Continuous Contract (418)
- Annual Leave
- Rest Day
- Statutory Holidays
- Payroll
- Sick Leave
- Average Wage (713)
- Statutory Minimum Wage
- MPF Contribution
- eMPF
- Maternity Leave
- Reimbursement of Maternity Leave Pay
- Learning and Traning
Annual Wrap-up
On Termination
How to be Entitled to Maternity Leave?
In Hong Kong, as long as a female employee is under continuous contract, she will be entitled to maternity leave.
How Long, and when should Maternity Leave Begins?
- Maternity leave should begin 2 to 4 weeks before confinement in general if everything goes as planned.
- Employees would have a continuous period of 14 weeks maternity leave.
- If confinement is, unexpectedly, later than expected, then there will be an additional period of leave which is equal to how long the confinement has been postponed.
How much Salary/Wage to be Payable during Maternity Leave?
In general, the employee will be entitled to payment if she has been under continuous contract for not less than 40 weeks before the maternity leave.
The daily payment of maternity leave pay should be at least four fifth of the average daily wages (ADW) earned by the employee in the preceding 12-month period. Please refer to further explanation in ADW.
Calculation of ADW is one of the biggest challenges to HR practioners in Hong Kong. By choosing the right HR system, you can directly calculate the corresponding ADW of annual leaves based on the payments and leaves record in the system.
Think Again 👀 Lengthy absence because of maternity leave may also be a reason why you should continuously upgrade your system to avoid disruption to routine tasks!
Reference:
Explanation on maternity leaves by labour department:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/faq/cap57h_whole.htm
The concise guide published by labour department for more details on maternity leave:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/wcp/ConciseGuide/06.pdf
