Hong Kong Statutory Holidays 2020 For Domestic Helpers
Hong kong celebrates 17 national holidays and 12 are statutory holidays.
Hong kong statutory holidays 2020 for domestic helpers. Domestic helpers in hong kong and singapore are entitled to 1 rest day per week. Good friday easter saturday easter monday buddha s birthday and boxing day december 26. The 12 statutory holidays for 2020 are.
Hong kong public holidays 2020 this page contains a national calendar of all 2020 public holidays. 1 statutory holidays are mandatory for all domestic helpers. In hong kong a domestic helper s weekly rest day should be at least 24 hours consecutively according to the law.
In hong kong domestic helpers are entitled to the following leave statutory holidays 12 days in a year paid annual leave from 7 days to a maximum of 14 days based on the length of service rest days. The government announced today december 11 that a new measure will be put in place with effect from 0 00am december 22 2020 to mandate all travellers arriving in hong kong from countries outside china to undergo 14 day compulsory quarantine at designated quarantine hotels in accordance with the directions under the prevention and control of disease regulation of cross boundary conveyances. Statutory holidays for 2020.
In addition to the statutory holidays hong kong has five public holidays which are. Mobile broadcasts and distribution of leaflets. Statutory holidays are mandatory holidays for domestic helpers according to the hong kong law all foreign domestic helpers in hong kong are entitled to the 12 statutory holidays annually regardless of their length of service.
Hong kong special administrative region establishment day. Usually the rest days fall on sundays. Statutory holidays are different from general holidays there are 12 statutory holidays and 17 general holidays in hong kong employers only need to give statutory holidays to domestic workers but we encourage you to give general holidays to your domestic worker this is commonly referred to as the red calendar.
Lunar new year s day. Some employers choose to give these days off too but it is not a legal requirement. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced so please check back regularly for updates.