Question No. 2
Conditions of service
for subsidized school teachers
Reply by the Hon R G B Bridge, OBE, JP Secretary for Education & Manpower to a Question by the Hon Szeto Wah in the Legislative Council on 11 May 1988
2. MR. SZETO asked (in Cantonese):
Question The Education Department has recently introduced two changes to the conditions of service of subsidized school teachers concerning : : (1) the payment of compensation for resignation without sufficient notice; and (2) the calculation of maternity leave for female teachers. Will Government inform this Council whether the teachers' union
union and schools councils concerned have been consulted about these changes, and whether amendments have to be made to the contracts of all subsidiged school teachers as a result of introducing these two changes ?
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Answer
Answer:
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Sir,
Under the provisions of the Employment Ordinance,
an employee may terminate his contract of employment without
notice by paying the employer an amount equal to the
employee's wages during the period of notice specified in
the contract. In the case of aided school teachers, the
Codes of Kid provide for a teacher who resigns without
notice to pay back one month's salary. If a teacher, after
giving proper notice, thereafter terminates
terminates the contract,
he should pay the
the Employment Ordinance provides that
employer an amount proportional to the unexpired period of
notice.
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