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Position Paper on I.L. Convention No. 140
Paid Educational Leave
LAB/SC/5/78
There is at present no legislation applying fully the provisions of this convention in Hong Kong. Only the Apprenticeship Ordinance, which lays down the legal framework for the training of technical manpower
at craft and technician levels, provides for paid educational leave for a small group of workers, i.e. the
registered apprentices.
To comply with the provisions of this convention, legislation would have to be introduced as collective
agreements are not common in Hong Kong.
This paper attempts to examine what should be done in order to comply with the provisions of the
convention and also the difficulties if applying a policy of paid educational leave at the present stage of
economic development in Hong Kong.