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1988 Ed.]

Employment

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"working hours" means, in relation to an employee, any time when, in accordance with his contract with his employer, he is required to be at work.

[cf. U.K. 1971 c. 72, s. 5(1), (2), (5)]

Offer of employment conditional on offeree not being member of trade union

21C. Any person who, acting on his own or another's behalf, in the engagement of persons for employment includes in an offer of employment to any person a condition or requirement that the person to whom the offer is made shall undertake-

(a) if he is a member or officer of such a trade union, that he will relinquish his membership thereof or office therein;

(b) not to become a member of, or officer in, such a trade union; or

(c) not to associate with other persons for the purpose of forming or applying for the registration of a trade union in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Unions Ordinance (Cap.332),

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $20,000. (Amended, 24 of 1988, s. 2)

(Part IVA added, 51 of 1974, s. 3)

PART V

PAYMENT OF WAGES

Wage period

22. The wage period in respect of which wages are payable under a contract of employment shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be 1 month.

Time of payment of wages

23. Wages shall become due on the expiry of the last day of the wage period and shall be paid as soon as is practicable but in any case not later than 7 days thereafter.

Payment on completion

24. Wages of an employee on completion of his contract of employment and any other sum payable in respect of his contract shall be due to him on the day of the completion of the contract and shall be paid as soon as is practicable but in any case not later than 7 days thereafter.

Payment on termination

25. (1) Subject to section 31, where a contract of employment is terminated any sum due to the employee shall be paid to him as soon as is practicable but in any case not later than 7 days thereafter.