22 Jan 1996
SZE CHI SING t/a KWUN TONG ST. AGNES ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN v. CHAN LOK MEI and Others
- Citation
- SZE CHI SING t/a KWUN TONG ST. AGNES ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN v. CHAN LOK MEI and Others
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCME9/1995
Fixed-term employment contracts expired on the specified school year end (7 July 1995) by effluxion of time so no statutory or contractual entitlement to one month's prior notice arose; sections 5 and 6 of the Employment Ordinance do not impose a notice requirement in these circumstances; however, s.41D(2) of the Employment Ordinance requires pro rata payment in lieu of annual leave where employment ceases after the qualifying three months even if 12 months' continuous service has not been completed, and the employer had not given notice treating school holidays as annual leave under s.41AA(4…