Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Appointment of rest days

(1) Rest days shall be appointed by an employer and he may appoint different
rest days for different employees. (Amended 71 of 1976 s. 4)

(2) Subject to subsection (4), every employer shall, before the commencement
of every month, inform each employee orally or in writing of his rest days in
that month.

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) shall be deemed to be complied with if an
employer exhibits in a conspicuous place in the place of employment and for so
long as it applies a roster showing the days appointed to be rest days for
each employee during the month.

(4) Subsection (2) shall not apply where rest days are appointed on fixed days
in each period of 7 days on a regular basis. (Amended 71 of 1976 s. 4)

(5) An employer may, with the consent of his employee, substitute for any
rest day appointed under this section some other rest day-

   (a)  within the same month and before the rest day so appointed; or

   (b)  within the period of 30 days next following the rest day so appointed.