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ANNEX TO XCC(75)2
Amend the Employment Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment
(Amendment) Ordinance 1975.
Addition of new section 8A.
(Cap. 57.)
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding
after section 8 the following new section
"Damages for wrongful termination
of contract.
8A. (1)
Without prejudice to
section 9, 10 or 11(2), where a
contract of employment is terminated
otherwise than in accordance with
section 6 or 7, a sum equal to the
amount of wages which would have accrued
to the employee during the period of
notice required by section 6 shall be
payable by the party terminating the
contract to the other party.
G.F. 323
(2) Without prejudice to section
9, 10 or 11(2), where a party to a
contract of employment, having given
proper notice in accordance with section
6 thereafter terminates the contract
before the expiry of the period of notice
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