Easter Hols for Helper
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nicolejoy
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By law, they're only entitled to Ching Ming festival, not the Easter public holidays.
Personally I would give my helper all the public holidays though but you only MUST give them Ching Ming holiday.
You can require them to work on a statutory holiday provided you give them 48 hrs notice and you give them an alternate day off within 60 days.
This guide has the best info on the laws regarding your rights and responsibilities: http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/wcp/FDHguide.pdf - we're hiring a helper (she's coming in about a month's time) and I've read over this guide a million times already. There's a lot of stuff out there that people say that just isn't true, but this guide is provided by the government and really clears up any confusion.
Personally I would give my helper all the public holidays though but you only MUST give them Ching Ming holiday.
You can require them to work on a statutory holiday provided you give them 48 hrs notice and you give them an alternate day off within 60 days.
This guide has the best info on the laws regarding your rights and responsibilities: http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/wcp/FDHguide.pdf - we're hiring a helper (she's coming in about a month's time) and I've read over this guide a million times already. There's a lot of stuff out there that people say that just isn't true, but this guide is provided by the government and really clears up any confusion.
joyofliving
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New helper is not entitled to Statutory Holidays for the first 3 months.
Aava.Wong - according to this website you've listed, Monday is NOT a statutory holiday. Only Tuesday, Ching Ming Festival.
I think that is just so cruel. I mean, come ON... (not directed at you, Geomum, directed at the law). Would you begrudge your helper Christmas just because she started in November??
nicolejoy
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This is what the file I posted earlier says:
All foreign domestic helpers, irrespective of their length of services, are entitled to the following 12 statutory holidays in a year.
(it includes Ching Ming, but not Easter)
Then it goes on to say:
If the helper has been employed continuously by the employer for three months preceding any of these holidays, he/she is entitled to the holiday pay.
I don't know what the "holiday pay" that they're talking about is, but to me it still seems to say that ALL helpers are entitled to the holidays, regardless of how long they've worked for you...
All foreign domestic helpers, irrespective of their length of services, are entitled to the following 12 statutory holidays in a year.
(it includes Ching Ming, but not Easter)
Then it goes on to say:
If the helper has been employed continuously by the employer for three months preceding any of these holidays, he/she is entitled to the holiday pay.
I don't know what the "holiday pay" that they're talking about is, but to me it still seems to say that ALL helpers are entitled to the holidays, regardless of how long they've worked for you...