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Ching Ming Festival a statutory labour holiday
The Labour Department today (Thursday) reminded employers that the Ching Ming Festival on April 4 (Thursday) is one of the 11 statutory holidays for employees.
Under the Employment Ordinance, all employees, irrespective of their wage levels, are entitled to statutory holidays and must be paid for the day off if they have worked continuously for the same employer for three months or longer before the statutory holiday.
Holiday pay should be equivalent to an employee's earnings on a full working day and should include basic wages as well as allowances that can be expressed in money terms such as meals and cost of living allowances.
Where the earnings vary from day to day, holiday pay should be the average daily earnings during every complete wage period, which could be between 28 and 31 days, preceding the holiday,
If an employee is required to work on a statutory holiday, he must be given an alternative day off within 60 days before or after the holiday.
Enquiries about statutory holidays may be made at the Labour Department's General Enquiry Telephone Service on 2717 1771.
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Road Safety Council to launch pedestrian safety campaign
A major publicity campaign on pedestrian safety will soon be launched to educate pedestrian on road safety, it was decided by the Road Safety Council yesterday (Wednesday).
Speaking after a meeting held at Police Headquarters in Wan Chai, a spokesman for the Council said the publicity drive was necessary in view of the high casualty figures involving pedestrian particularly the elderly and children.