Chung Yeung Festival a statutory holiday: employers reminded
The Labour Department today (Sunday) reminded employers that October 20, the Chung Yeung Festival Day, is one of the 11 statutory holidays for employees.
Under the Employment Ordinance, if a statutory holiday falls on a rest day, it should be taken on the following day. In this case, as October 20 is a Sunday, employees should be given a holiday on October 21.
Under the 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 can be made at the Labour Department's General Enquiry Telephone Service on 2717 1771.
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Fresh water cut in Tai Kok Tsui
The fresh water supply to some premises in Tai Kok Tsui will be temporarily suspended from 11 pm on Wednesday (October 16) to 6 am the following day for waste detection works on watermains.
The suspension will affect all premises in the area bounded by Fuk Tsun Street, Tong Mi Road, Tung Chau Street and Lime Street.
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