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CAP. 57]

Employment

[1988 Ed.

"Commissioner"

L.N. 142/74)

"confinement" means the delivery of a child; (Added, 5 of 1970, s. 3) "contract of employment" means any agreement, whether in writing or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and also a contract of apprenticeship;

means the Commissioner for Labour; (Amended,

"dangerous drug" has the meaning assigned to it in the Dangerous Drugs

Ordinance (Cap. 134);

"Director" means the Director of Medical-and Health Services; (Added, 39 of AN. 760 1989 1973, s. 2)

"domestic servant" includes a garden servant, chauffeur and boatboy and any

other personal servant of a like class; ( Added, 76 of 1985, s. 2) "employee" means an employee to whom, by virtue of section 4, this Ordinance

applies;

"employer" means any person who has entered into a contract of employment to employ any other person as an employee and the duly authorized agent, manager or factor of such first mentioned person;

"holiday" means-

(a) a statutory holiday;

(b) an alternative holiday;

(c) a substituted holiday; or

(d) a day on which a female employee or an employee who is a young person is required by section 39(4) to be granted a holiday; (Added, 39 of 1973, s. 2)

"holiday pay" means the holiday pay provided for by section 40; (Added, 39

of 1973, s. 2)

“issue” means a child whether under the age of majority or not of a deceased

employee and--

(a) includes a step-child;

(b) includes a child adopted by the employee, but does not include a child

of the employee adopted by another person;

(c) does not include an illegitimate child; and

(d) where polygamy lawfully subsists, does not include a child who is not an adopted child of the employee unless his mother was, at the time of his birth, the employee's principal wife--

(i) in case the relevant marriage or, where appropriate, each such marriage constitutes a customary marriage for the purposes of the Marriage Reform Ordinance (Cap. 178), according to Chinese law and custom; or

(ii) in any other case, according to the law which, as regards the relevant marriage or marriages, was the proper personal law of the employee; (Added, 52 of 1988, s. 2)