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CHN-1997-L-47378
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Title_of_text
Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (No. 73 of 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivision(s)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Maternity protection
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-06-26
Scope of text
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Removes and replaces provisions providing maternity leave. Maternity leave shall be a period of 10 weeks, with a further 4 weeks in case of illness or disability due to confinement. Female employees are required to give notice of pregnancy. A female employee may not be dismissed during pregnancy and during maternity leave, and shall not be required to do heavy or dangerous work if a medical certificate testifies to her unfitness to perform such work.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1968-09-26 (CHN-1968-L-18370)
Employment Ordinance 1968 (Cap. 57).
Serial region
Serial title
Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 1, Part I
Date
1997-06-27
Page range
pp. A2466-2476