Employment law in Hong Kong SAR China | Esheria Regulatory Atlas

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Employment law in Hong Kong SAR China

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

720 matching statutes

  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 57 - Employment Ordinance

    9 provisions

    This Ordinance sets rules for employment contracts, wages, notice, termination, and end of year payment, with some exceptions and special rules for public officers.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. U

    1 provisions

    This regulation sets rules for applying for, issuing, updating, producing, delivering, surrendering, and protecting employment registration books for seafarers.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478

    5 provisions

    This Part sets up seafarer registration and related administration, including a register, employment registration books, and disciplinary suspension/removal powers.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 485 sub. leg. A

    10 provisions

    This provision defines key terms and sets out trustee-approval, scheme-registration, insurance, guarantee, capital, and disclosure requirements.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 426 sub. leg. K

    1 provisions

    These Rules set out when a relevant employer must pay scheme contributions, and how arrears are reported and enforced through notices, surcharges, and financial penalties.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 57 sub. leg. A

    1 provisions

    These regulations set application and renewal requirements for employment agency licences, fee rules, reporting duties, display rules, commission limits, and offences.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 47 sub. leg. A

    1 provisions

    These regulations set rules for apprenticeship contracts, working hours, overtime, registration records, and enforcement for employers of registered apprentices.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. Q

    1 provisions

    This regulation gives seafarers a right to repatriation and requires employers and masters to arrange, report, and record it.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 47 - Apprenticeship Ordinance

    2 provisions

    This Ordinance regulates apprenticeships, including when employers may employ young persons in designated trades and how apprenticeship contracts must be registered.

    Ordinance Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 57 sub. leg. C

    1 provisions

    These regulations restrict how employers may employ young persons in industrial undertakings, including limits on hours, rest breaks, rest days, shift work, registers, and certain hazardous work.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 608

    1 provisions

    This Ordinance sets a minimum hourly wage for covered employees and creates a commission to advise on the rate.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 282 - Employees’ Compensation Ordinance

    6 provisions

    The Ordinance says employers must pay compensation when an employee is injured by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment, subject to listed exceptions and special rules.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 485

    12 provisions

    This Ordinance sets up Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund scheme framework, including registration, exemptions, an oversight Authority, and rules for administration and contributions.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 602

    3 provisions

    This Ordinance makes race-based discrimination and harassment unlawful in several areas, especially employment, and gives the Commission related powers and functions.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. S

    1 provisions

    This regulation sets rules for seafarers’ wages, wage accounts, and deductions, including notice requirements and deduction limits.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 485 sub. leg. B

    2 provisions

    This provision sets rules for ORSO exempted and registered schemes seeking exemption certificates, including employee choice notices, employer information duties, Authority powers, and offences for noncompliance.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 426 sub. leg. J

    1 provisions

    This provision sets out how required change notices for occupational retirement schemes must be made and what they must include.

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  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 485 sub. leg. E

    1 provisions

    This Order sets how much an employer must contribute and deduct for casual employees under the Mandatory Provident Fund scheme, using daily income bands in the Schedule.

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