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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1981

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REMINDER ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAY

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EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT JULY 29, 1981 THE DATE OF THE WEDDING OF PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER - WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL STATUTORY HOLIDAY FOR THIS YEAR FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR HIS EMPLOYER FOR THREE

ONTHS PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY, HE IS ENTITLED TO PAY FOR THAT DAY.

HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO THE WAGES, OTHER THAN OVERTIME PAY, WHICH THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE EARNED IF HE HAD

·ORKED ON THE HOLIDAY.

WHERE AN EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED ON PIECE RATES OR WHERE THE AILY WAGES OF AN EMPLOYEE VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, THE HOLIDAY PAY HOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO THE AVERAGE DAILY WAGES DURING THE PERIOD

28 DAYS PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED, IF FOR ANY REASON, AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WORK ON A STATUTORY HOLIDAY, HIS EMPLOYER MAY GIVE HIM AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE OR AFTER A STATUTORY HOLIDAY WITH 48 HOURS' NOTICE. HOWEVER, IF THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE AGREE, ANY DAY WITHIN

30 DAYS OF A STATUTORY OR ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY MAY BE TAKEN BY THE EMPLOYEE AS A SUBSTITUTED HOLIDAY.

IN THE CASE OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 17 IN INDUSTRY, IF A STATUTORY HOLIDAY OR ANY HOLIDAY IN LIEU FALLS ON THE IR REST DAY UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS, THE HOLIDAY SHOULD BE TAKEN ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE REST DAY.

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