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
Sick Leave: Do We Need To Pay Salary During Sick Leave?
Accumulation of Sick Leave Entitlement
At minimum, entitlement of sick leave with sickness allowance can be accumulated at 2 days for each month of employment for the first 12 months of employment, and 4 days for each month of employment thereafter.
Sick leave with sickness allowance can be accumulated up to a maximum of 120 days.
Sick Leave Allowance
Employees under a continuous contract can also take sick leave with sickness allowance if the sick leave taken is:
- Not less than 4 consecutive days of sick leave,
- Supported by an appropriate medical certificate, and
- The employee has accumulated sufficient number of sickness days with sickness allowance.
Daily sickness allowance is equal to four-fifths of the average daily wages (ADW) of the preceding 12 months.
Know more about Average Daily Wage (ADW)
💡Recommendation💡
You can choose your human resources system such as Backstage to help you define payment of sickness allowance by using the pre-defined variable "ADW".
Take a look at our HR system "Backstage"
You can choose your human resources system such as Backstage to help you define payment of sickness allowance by using the pre-defined variable "ADW".
Take a look at our HR system "Backstage"
Reference:
Explanation on Sick Leave by labour department:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/faq/cap57g_whole.htm
