Employment Ordinance
(Chapter 57)
Part III
MAT RNITY PROTECTION
Appendix 1
12. (1) A female employee who has been employed by the same employer under a continuous contract for a period of not less than 26 weeks shall be entitled to maternity leave under this Part.
(2)
(3)
be taken
(4)
Maternity leave shall be the aggregate of
(a) a period of 4 weeks immediately before the expected
date of confinement;
(b) a further period, if any, from the expected date of
confinement to the actual date of confinement;
(c)
(a)
a period of 6 weeks immediately after the actual date of confinement; and
a further period not exceeding 4 weeks, on grounds of illness or disability arising out of the pregnancy or confinement.
The period of maternity leave under subsection (2)(a) may
Maternity leave.
(a) wholly immediately before the period mentioned in sub-
section (2)(a); or.
(b) wholly immediately after the period mentioned in sub-
section (2)(c); or
(c) in part immediately before the period mentioned in sub- section (2)(a) and in part immediately after the period mentioned in subsection (2)(c).
A female employee who intends to take any period of maternity leave under subsection (2)(a), (b) and (c) shall give notice to that effect to her employer at any time within the period of 8 weeks before the expected date of her confinement and such notice shall specify
(5)
(a) the expected date of her confinement; and
(b) the date on which the maternity leave is to commence.
If her confinement takes place
(a) before notice under subsection (4) is given; or
(b) after notice under subsection (4) is given but before the commencement of the period of maternity leave under subsection (2)(a).
the female employee shall, within 7 days of her confinement, give notice to her employer of the date on which she was confined and of her intention to take any period of maternity leave under subsection (2)(c).
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