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.

655 matching statutes

  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 136 sub. leg. D

    1 provisions

    Private guardians of mentally incapacitated persons must notify the Director about specified changes and take reasonable steps to ensure safety and care; the Director must arrange regular visits.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 116 sub. leg. A

    1 provisions

    The Order exempts the listed tenements and parts of tenements from paying rates.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. L

    1 provisions

    This Regulation sets rules for crew agreements, lists of crew, and discharge of seafarers, including notices, document delivery, posting, production, and discharge procedures.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. D

    1 provisions

    This regulation sets rest-hour rules for certain seafarers, requires shipboard records and copies of the regulation to be kept on board, allows the Authority to grant exemptions, and creates offences and fines for non-compliance.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. AF

    2 provisions

    This Part sets working and living conditions rules for seafarers on regulated Hong Kong ships, including age limits, rest time, training, medical fitness, wages, complaints, and shipboard safety duties.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 485 sub. leg. F

    1 provisions

    This notice sets the permitted period for certain MPF-related actions: 60 days for a relevant employee who is not casual, 10 days for a casual employee, and 60 days for section 7C. If the last day falls on a Saturday, public holiday, warning day, or certain MPF system suspension days, the period runs to the next day th

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 1023 sub. leg. A

    1 provisions

    These by-laws control access and conduct on the Company’s piers and premises, and create offences for breaches.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 313 sub. leg. X

    2 provisions

    This regulation sets safety rules for vessel works, including safe access, lighting, ventilation, supervision, protective gear, first aid, and lifting equipment controls.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 316 sub. leg. AA

    1 provisions

    The Commissioner must conduct the 2026 population census during 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, may use sampling methods, and must destroy completed schedules and copies by 31 December 2027. Certain specified persons must provide the census particulars requested in the Schedule.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 548 sub. leg. I

    2 provisions

    This part sets safety rules for work on local vessels, including supervision, access, lighting, ventilation, hatch safety, and lifting gear requirements.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 369 sub. leg. AO

    1 provisions

    These regulations require ship employers to provide and maintain suitable protective clothing and equipment, and require employees to use it; the Director may grant exemptions and amend the Schedule.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 478 sub. leg. AB

    1 provisions

    This regulation sets fees for Marine Department shipping services, including inspections, certificates, copies, endorsements, and out-of-hours work.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 504 sub. leg. E

    1 provisions

    These Rules let a coroner allow set allowances for certain witnesses attending an inquest, with lower maximum amounts if the witness is absent for 4 hours or less, and any allowed sum must be claimed within 3 months.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 608 sub. leg. A

    1 provisions

    This notice sets the kinds of people who may be approved assessors and the experience, training, and registration conditions they must satisfy.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 159 sub. leg. B

    1 provisions

    This provision sets the application and registration steps for solicitors and notaries public, including forms, fees, deadlines, and the powers of the Society, Registrar, Court, and Chief Judge.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 221 sub. leg. B

    1 provisions

    These rules let the court allow set witness allowances for professional witnesses, expert witnesses, and other witnesses who lose pay or incur expenses, subject to caps and a 3-month claim deadline.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 159 sub. leg. W

    1 provisions

    These rules require covered trainee solicitors and solicitors to complete CPD points, keep records, and follow Society/Council reporting and review processes.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 587

    2 provisions

    This Ordinance sets up the Construction Industry Council and imposes a levy-related notice, assessment, payment, objection, appeal, and surcharge regime for contractors on construction operations in Hong Kong.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Hong Kong SAR China

    Cap. 282 sub. leg. B

    1 provisions

    These rules set out court procedure for employees’ compensation matters, including filing applications, service of documents, answers, particulars, translations, intervention, and record-keeping.

    Act or statute Open & Chat