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HONG KONG

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No. 38 of 1968.

An Ordinance to repeal and re-enact with certain amendments the Employers and Servants Ordinance, to provide for the protection of the wages of employees, to regulate employment agencies, and for matters connected therewith; and to make consequential amendments to the Contracts for Overseas Employment Ordinance.

[27th September, 1968.]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I.
Preliminary.

Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment Ordinance 1968.

Interpretation. 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour;

“contract of employment” means any agreement, whether in writing or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and also a contract of apprenticeship;

“dangerous drug” has the meaning assigned to it in the (Cap. 134.)Dangerous Drugs Ordinance;

“employee” means an employee to whom, by virtue of section 3, this Ordinance applies;

“employer” means any person who has entered into a contract of employment to to employ any other person as an employee and the duly authorized agent, manager or factor of such first mentioned person;

“wage period” means the period in respect of which wages are payable under a contract of employment or under section 12;