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Section 27 of the Employment Ordinance prohibits wages or any sum due to an employee in respect of his contract of employment to be paid (a) in any place of amusement;
in any place where totalizator or where cash-sweeps are organised as
(b) pari-mutuel betting is conducted or authorised under the Betting Duty Ordinance; (c) in any place where intoxicating liquor or any dangerous drugs is sold; or (d) in any shop or store for the retail sale of merchandise, except where the employee is employed in such place; shop or store.
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Sections 22 and 23 of the Employment Ordinance stipulate that the wage period in respect of which wages are payable under a contract of employment shall, until the contrary is
is proved, be deemed to be one month. Wages become due on the expiry of the last day of the wage period and must be paid as soon as practicable but in any case not later than seven days thereafter. The general practice is that daily-rated and piece-rated workers are paid half-monthly. In the case of monthly-rated workers, payment is made either half-monthly or monthly. The wages of the employees of sub-contractors and nominated sub-contractors in the building and construction industry are protected by Part 9A of the ordinance which imposes a vicarious wage liability upon the principal contractor and superior sub-contractors.
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Food, when supplied to employees,
is generally of a high standard. In the smaller establishments the proprietor frequently eats at the same table with his workers, some of whom are relatives and clansmen. In larger establishments, where food is provided, the overheads are frequently borne by the employer and the amount charged for food is often less than the actual market value. There is no compulsion to take meals in such cases, but generally speaking workers readily make use of such facilities.
When housing is provided to workers, control is exercised under the Buildings Ordinance and the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance. Working clothes or uniforms are provided in some factories. This is regarded as a fringe benefit by the workers rather than as part of their remuneration.
manner,
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Under sections 44, 45 and 46 of the Employment Ordinance, every employer must inform, in writing if requested, a person before he enters into employment, in a manner intelligible to him, of the conditions with regard to wages under which
which he is to be employed.
to be employed. Where contract of employment is in writing, the employer shall provide the employee with a copy of the contract. He must also inform his employees, in the same of any change that takes place in such conditions and, at the time of each payment of wages, of the particulars of wages for the wage period concerned. Where there is
any written amendment made to a contract of employment, the employer shall provide his employee with a copy of the written amendment. The conditions referred to above include the rate of wages, the overtime rate and
and any allowances, whether calculated by the piece, job, hour, day, week or otherwise, of the employee concerned. The Labour Relations Division of
of the Labour Department also provides free advice to employees regarding their wage rights and entitlements under the Employment Ordinance.