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ARTICLE · 14 JANUARY 2020

Hong Kong Improves Maternity Leave Benefits

The Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Gazette on December 27, 2019, which implements changes in relation to statutory maternity benefits.

Hong KongEmployment and HR

The Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Gazette on December 27, 2019, which implements changes in relation to statutory maternity benefits.  The bill was introduced to the Legislative Council on January 8, 2020 for its first reading and is currently being considered by the Legislative Council.

Under the current regime, a female employee employed under a continuous contract is entitled to a continuous period of 10 weeks' maternity leave, and is entitled to maternity leave pay at the rate of four-fifths (80%) of her average daily wages.  Further, if a female employee suffers a miscarriage before 28 weeks of pregnancy, she is entitled to sick leave in respect of any day on which she is absent from work by reason of the miscarriage, but not maternity leave.

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