Report for the period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1992 on the application in Hong Kong of the
MATERNITY PROTECTION CONVENTION, 1919 (Noɔ. 3) under the Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 83)
This convention has been applied with modification to Hong Kong in' respect of "Articles 2, 3(a), 3(c), 3(d) and 4 by a declaration registered by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on 29 June 1982 and an improved declaration on 27 April 1984. This convention has not been ratified by the United Kingdom.
declaration in respect of Hong Kong was communicated to the ILO by the United Kingdom Government in connection with the ratification of the Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 83).
The modifications registered with the ILO are as follows :
Article 2
(i)
(ii)
the term "woman" signifies
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(a) outside the civil service, a female employee within the coverage the Employment Ordinance and who satisfies the conditions laid down under Part III of the ordinance; and
(b) in the civil service, for the purpose of determining maternity leave pay entitlement, a woman officer who satisfies the conditions laid down under Civil Service Regulation 1297.
the term "child" signifies
(a)
(b)
Article 3(a)
(i)
(ii)
outside the civil service and in the context of the Employment Ordinance, a child born to a female employee defined at (i)(a) above; and
in the civil service, for the purpose of determining maternity leave pay entitlement, a child born to a woman officer satisfying conditions laid down under Civil Service Regulation 1297.
outside the civil service, maternity leave is granted, under the Employment Ordinance, to a woman who has been employed by the same employer under a continuous contract for a period of not less than 26 weeks; and
in the civil service, a woman officer is not prohibited by regulation from working during the fifth and sixth weeks following her confinement.
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