Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 12AA

Commencement of maternity leave

Due to technical constraints, sections 12A and 12AA of this Ordinance are
placed after section 12 in the BLIS system. The correct sequence of the
sections should be "12A, 12, 12AA".

(1) With the agreement of her employer, a pregnant employee may decide on the
date of commencement of her 10 weeks maternity leave, provided that such date
is within a period of not less than 2 weeks before, and not more than 4 weeks
before, the expected date of confinement.

(2) If the employee does not exercise her option to decide on the date of
commencement in subsection (1), or if she fails to secure her employer's
agreement to her proposed leave schedule, the date of commencement of
maternity leave shall be 4 weeks immediately before the expected date of
confinement. (Added 73 of 1997 s. 4)