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Employment Ordinance

[1988 Ed.

"rest day" means a continuous period of not less than 24 hours during which an employee is entitled under Part IV to abstain from working for his employer; (Added, 23 of 1970, s. 2. Amended, 71 of 1976, s. 2)

'severance payment" means the severance payment payable by an employer to an employee under section 31B(1); (Added, 76 of 1985, s. 2)

"sickness allowance" means the sickness allowance provided for by section 33; (Added, 39 of 1973, s. 2)

"sickness day" means a day on which an employee is absent from his work by reason of his being unfit therefor on account of injury or sickness; (Added, 39 of 1973, s. 2)

"spouse" means, in relation to a married employee, the person to whom the employee is lawfully married; (Added, 52 of 1988, s. 2)

"statutory holiday" means a holiday specified as a holiday in section 39(1) or granted under section 39(5) or (8); (Added, 39 of 1973, s. 2. Amended, 71 of 1976, s. 2)

"strike" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Trade Unions Ordinance (Cap. 332); (Added, 76 of 1985, s. 2)

"substituted holiday" means a holiday granted under section 39(3); (Added, 39 of 1973, s. 2)

"tips and service charges", in relation to wages, means sums of money received, directly or indirectly, by an employee in the course of and in connection with his employment which are-

(a) paid or derived from payments made by persons other than the employer; and

(b) recognized by the employer as part of the employee's wages; (Added, 48 of 1984, s. 2)

“wage period” means the period in respect of which wages are payable under a contract of employment or under section 22;

"wages", subject to subsections (2) and (3), means all remuneration, earnings, allowances, tips and service charges, however designated or calculated, capable of being expressed in terms of money, payable to an employee in respect of work done or to be done under his contract of employment, but does not include (Amended, 48 of 1984, s. 2 and 76 of 1985, s. 2)

(a) the value of any accommodation, education, food, fuel, light, medical care or water provided by the employer;

(b) any contribution paid by the employer on his own account to any pension fund or provident fund; retirement scheme

(c) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession;

(d) any sum payable to the employee to defray special expenses incurred by him by the nature of his employment;

(da) any end of year payment, or any proportion thereof, which is payable under Part IIA; (Added, 48 of 1984, s. 2)

(e) any gratuity payable on completion or termination of a contract of employment; or