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Maternity protection assured

November 26, 2014

The Employment Ordinance offers suitable protection to pregnant employees, while striking a reasonable balance between the interests of employers and employees.

 

Secretary for Labour & Welfare Matthew Cheung told legislators today an eligible pregnant employee is entitled to a continuous period of 10 weeks' maternity leave with pay under the ordinance.

 

He said given that the varying economic situations and social systems in different places, individual places have to formulate their own employee benefit standards according to their individual circumstances.

 

The cost of maternity leave pay for women is fully borne by individual employers in Hong Kong, which is different from the arrangement adopted in some other places around the world where pay is fully or partially financed by a social insurance system with contributions from both employers and employees.

 

He noted that whether to extend maternity leave is subject to the local social and economic situation, as well as community consensus.



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