{"id":29183,"date":"2024-10-25T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prelive-tdw.visibleone.app\/insight-and-news\/legal-update-key-points-on-employment-issues-from-2024-policy-address\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T03:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:08:01","slug":"legal-update-key-points-on-employment-issues-from-2024-policy-address","status":"publish","type":"insight-and-news","link":"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/insight-and-news\/legal-update-key-points-on-employment-issues-from-2024-policy-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Update: Key Points on Employment Issues from 2024 Policy Address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n\n<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tanner-de-witt\/images\/insightdetails.jpeg')\"\n    class=\"insight-news-detail-hero\" id=\"insight-news-detail-hero\">\n\n\t\t<div style=\"background-color:\" class=\"insight-news-detail-hero-overlay \"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"z-[0]\">\n                <div class=\"insight-news-breadcrumbs flex items-end practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs \">\n                    <a class=\"page-link no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/\">Home<\/a>                <\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"hero-title\">\n                    <h1>\n                        Legal Update: Key Points on Employment Issues from 2024 Policy Address                    <\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                    <div style=\"\" class=\"hero-date \">\n\n                        <span class=\"month\">Oct<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"day\">25<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"year\">2024<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n    \n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script >\n    (function () {\n        document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n\n            const breadCrumbsContainer = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\".practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs\"));\n\n            breadCrumbsContainer.forEach(container => {\n                const breadCrumbLinks = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.page-link'));\n                const breadCrumbSeperators = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.separator'));\n\n                if (Array.from(breadCrumbLinks).length === 1) {\n                    const homeNode = breadCrumbLinks[0];\n\n                    if (!homeNode) {\n                        return\n                    }\n\n                    const postTypeNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n                    postTypeNode.textContent = \"Insights and News\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', postTypeNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(postTypeNode);\n\n                    if (\"Insights\") {\n                        const categoryNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                        categoryNode.textContent = \"Insights\";\n                        container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                        container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', categoryNode)\n                        breadCrumbLinks.push(categoryNode);\n                    }\n\n\n                    const titleNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                    titleNode.textContent = \"Legal Update: Key Points on Employment Issues from 2024 Policy Address\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', titleNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(titleNode);\n\n\n\n\n                }\n\n                breadCrumbLinks.forEach((link, index) => {\n\n                    link.classList.add('practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-name');\n                    const origin = window.location.origin;\n                    const href = window.location.href;\n\n                    const originSplitter = window.location.href.includes(\"insight-and-news\") ? \"insight-and-news\" : window.location.href.includes('insights-and-news') ? \"insights-and-news\" : \"\"\n\n                    const paths = href.split(originSplitter);\n                    const links = paths[1].split(\"\/\").filter(Boolean)\n\n\n                    const resolvedOrigin = originSplitter ? 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We summarise the key issues below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statutory Severance\/ Long Service Payment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, an employer can set off the value of its mandatory provident fund contribution against any statutory severance or long service payment payable to an employee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>From 1 May 2025, the above arrangement of setting-off will be abolished for amounts accruing after that date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the following 25 years, the government will set aside over HK$33 billion to subsidise a proportion of the employers\u2019 liabilities for severance payments and long service payments at an annually decreasing share\/rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The phasing out of the MPF set-off mechanism will greatly, over time, also increase the relevance and significance of the concept of \u201c<em>unreasonable dismissal<\/em>\u201d under the Employment Ordinance. This generally applies to employees with over 2 years of service, who are not redundant and where the employer does not have a \u201c<em>valid reason<\/em>\u201d for the termination under section 32K of the Employment Ordinance. Such employees are entitled to the equivalent of statutory severance pay as part of their terminal payments for unreasonable dismissal. To date this entitlement has been largely academic due to the MPF set-off mechanism. However, that will now start to change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fund was set up to provide ex-gratia payment to employees of insolvent businesses who are owed wages, wages in lieu of notice, severance payment and payments for untaken annual leave and\/or statutory holidays. .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, the specified limit of ex-gratia payment from the Fund in respect of severance payment is HK$100,000 plus half of the employee\u2019s entitlement in excess of HK$100,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It is proposed that the coverage and the payment ceiling of the ex-gratia severance payment under the Fund should be reviewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Statutory Minimum Wage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The last review of statutory minimum wage took place on 1 May 2023 which increased its rate from HK$37.50\/hr. to HK$40\/hr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It is proposed that starting from 1 May 2026, the statutory minimum wage will be reviewed on an annual basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Employment Ordinance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, certain statutory entitlements under the Employment Ordinance require an employee to be employed under a \u201cContinuous Contract\u201d (i.e. a minimum of 18 hours each week for 4 or more weeks, also known as the 418 rule). These include benefits such as:<\/li>\n<li>statutory paid annual leave;<\/li>\n<li>sickness allowance;<\/li>\n<li>a rest day in every period of 7 days; and<\/li>\n<li>maternity and paternity leave pay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It is proposed that the above requirement of being employed on a \u201cContinuous Contract\u201d should be relaxed to an aggregate of 68 hours of employment over a 4-week period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><em>Russell Bennett and Mark Chiu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on employment matters, please contact:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/our-people\/russell-bennett\/\">Russell Bennett<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Partner | <a href=\"mailto:russellbennett@tannerdewitt.com\">russellbennett@tannerdewitt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/our-people\/mark-chiu\/\">Mark Chiu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consultant | <a href=\"mailto:markchiu@tannerdewitt.com\">markchiu@tannerdewitt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This publication is general in nature and is not intended to constitute legal advice. You should seek professional advice before taking any action in relation to the matters dealt with in this publication.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"tdw-three-cols-two-rows-article\" id=\"\">\n        <div style=\"background:#FFFFFF\"\n            class=\"three-cols-two-rows    \" id=\"three-cols-two-rows\">\n\n            <div class=\"three-cols-two-rows-title-button\">\n                <div class=\"flex flex-row justify-between w-[100%] max-w-[1360px] mx-auto\">\n                    <h3 class=\"title no-underline\">Featured Articles<\/h3>\n                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                  \n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"three-cols-two-rows-container\">\n\n                                                                                        \n<a class=\"h-[100%] block no-underline group\" 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Court of Appeal to rule on whether Cap. 597 precludes common law enforcement of qualifying Mainland judgments\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"article-author-and-date-container \">\n                            <span data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/our-people\/pamela-mak\/\"\n                    class=\"article-author cursor-pointer hover:underline\">\n                    Pamela Mak<\/span>\n\n            \n                            <svg width=\"5\" height=\"5\" viewBox=\"0 0 5 5\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                    <path\n                        d=\"M0.680664 2.56641V2.20605C0.680664 1.70215 0.838867 1.28613 1.15527 0.958008C1.47754 0.629883 1.91406 0.46582 2.46484 0.46582C3.02148 0.46582 3.46094 0.629883 3.7832 0.958008C4.10547 1.28613 4.2666 1.70215 4.2666 2.20605V2.56641C4.2666 3.06445 4.10547 3.47754 3.7832 3.80566C3.4668 4.12793 3.03027 4.28906 2.47363 4.28906C1.92285 4.28906 1.48633 4.12793 1.16406 3.80566C0.841797 3.47754 0.680664 3.06445 0.680664 2.56641Z\"\n                        fill=\"#656363\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            \n            <span>08 June 2026<\/span>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<script>\n\n    (function () {\n        document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n            const author = document.querySelector(\".article-author\");\n\n            author.addEventListener('click', (e) => {\n                e.stopPropagation();\n\n                window.location = author.getAttribute('data-href')\n            });\n        });\n    })();\n\n<\/script>                        \n                                                                        \n<a class=\"h-[100%] block no-underline group\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/insight-and-news\/what-is-the-right-measure-of-compensation-in-hong-kong-discrimination-claims\/\">\n    <div style=\"background:#F8F8F8\" class=\"h-[100%]  article-card\"\n        id=\"article-card\">\n        <div class=\"article-card-header\">\n                                                <span style=\"color:#781d7e\" class=\"article-caption\">Insights<\/span>\n                \n            \n            <div class=\"article-title no-underline group-hover:!underline line-clamp-3\">\n                What Is the Right Measure of Compensation in Hong Kong Discrimination Claims?\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"article-author-and-date-container \">\n                            <span data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/our-people\/russell-bennett\/\"\n                    class=\"article-author cursor-pointer hover:underline\">\n                    Russell Bennett<\/span>\n\n            \n                            <svg width=\"5\" height=\"5\" viewBox=\"0 0 5 5\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                    <path\n                        d=\"M0.680664 2.56641V2.20605C0.680664 1.70215 0.838867 1.28613 1.15527 0.958008C1.47754 0.629883 1.91406 0.46582 2.46484 0.46582C3.02148 0.46582 3.46094 0.629883 3.7832 0.958008C4.10547 1.28613 4.2666 1.70215 4.2666 2.20605V2.56641C4.2666 3.06445 4.10547 3.47754 3.7832 3.80566C3.4668 4.12793 3.03027 4.28906 2.47363 4.28906C1.92285 4.28906 1.48633 4.12793 1.16406 3.80566C0.841797 3.47754 0.680664 3.06445 0.680664 2.56641Z\"\n                        fill=\"#656363\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            \n            <span>14 May 2026<\/span>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<script>\n\n    (function () {\n        document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n            const author = document.querySelector(\".article-author\");\n\n            author.addEventListener('click', (e) => {\n                e.stopPropagation();\n\n                window.location = author.getAttribute('data-href')\n            });\n        });\n    })();\n\n<\/script>                        \n                                    \n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"mt-5 xl:mt-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n         \n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2024 policy address by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, a number of notable employment related issues were mentioned. 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