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Floating holiday reminder

The Labour Department today (Sunday) reminds employers that the second floating holiday of this year falls on August 28, the last Monday of the month.

Under the Employment Ordinance, all employees shall be granted their second floating holiday on this date if the employer has not fixed a date for that holiday or if the employee has not requested it to be added to his paid annual leave. In addition, an employee is entitled to be paid for that holiday if he has worked for his employer continuously for three months preceding the 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 that day.

Enquiries about statutory holidays may be made at the Labour Department's General Enquiry Telephone Service on 2717 1771.

End/Sunday, August 20, 1995

Fresh water cuts in Sham Shui Po and Sai Kung

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Fresh water supply to some premises in Sham Shui Po and Sai Kung will be temporarily suspended from 11 pm on Wednesday (August 23) and Thursday (August 24) respectively to 6 am the following day to facilitate water mains leakage detection.

The suspension will affect all the premises at Cheung Sha Wan Road, Camp Street, Fuk Wing Street, Pratas Street, Po On Road, Shun Ning Road and Kiu Kiang Street.