24 Jul 1984
MILLIES SHOES FACTORY LTD v. LO SIK KWONG AND OTHERS
- Citation
- MILLIES SHOES FACTORY LTD v. LO SIK KWONG AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCLA42/1983
Section 31E is confined to contracts where pay depends on provision of work and there is no guaranteed minimum; the four-week period must be defined by the statutory meaning of 'week' (Sunday-Saturday), and lay-off is established by counting idle (wageless) days within that period excluding rest days, holidays and lockouts — if at least 12 such idle days occur the employee is laid off; where no contractual right to lay-off exists the employer's suspension is a repudiatory breach giving rise to constructive dismissal and entitlement under s.31B(1)(a).