Hong Kong Standard Contracts

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Hong Kong has around 335,500 migrant domestic workers (Apr 2015) and around 50,000 local domestic workers.
The migrant domestic workers are mostly live-in full time workers. Local domestic workers are working on part-time or short-contract base with multiple employers.

Domestic workers (local or migrants) are recognized as workers by law. They are protected under major labour laws such us Employment Ordinance (Ch. 57), Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Ch. 282), Trade Unions Ordinance (Ch. 332).

For Local Domestic Workers:

Hong Kong Domestic Workers General Union established Standard Contract for part-time domestic workers and post-natal carers:

For Part-time domestic workers

Standard Contract in English
Standard Contract in Chinese 家務助理僱傭合約

Hong Kong Employees Retraining Board who is providing training and job placement service for local domestic workers has establish a sample on salary record >>

For Post-natal carers

Standard Contract in English
Standard Contract in Chinese 家務助理僱傭合約

For post-natal carers, usually the workers are hired for one month during the pregnancy of employers. In the post-natal carers contract which will be signed between employers and workers long before the start of the work, a deposit is to be paid by employers at the time of signing of contracts.

In case the employers do not need the worker any more after their labour day when post-natal carers are supposed to start working, the deposit money will be a compensation for workers for the loss of job/income.

For Migrant Domestic Workers:

It is an immigration policy for employers and their workers to sign the Standard Contract (I.D. 407) before the workers come to Hong Kong or start working in Hong Kong.

The Standard Contract is signed in either Chinese or English. The Contract is translated into various languages:

View or download in PDF

English
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Eng.pdf

Chinese
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Chinese.pdf

Tagalog
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Tagalog.pdf

Thai
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Thai.pdf

Bahasa Indonesian
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Indonesian.pdf

Bahasa Malay (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Malay.pdf

Nepali (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Nepali.pdf

Hindi (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Hindi.pdf

Sinhala
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Sinhala.pdf

  • More information regarding the stipulations and information on migrant domestic workers can be found in http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/en/home.html
  • Contact IDWF affiliate in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions (FADWU) for more information:

Tel: +852 2770 8668
Fax: +852 2770 7388
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fadwu.org
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References:

  • Code of Practice for Employment Agencies (update: 13 January 2017)

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The  CoP consists of five chapters and eight appendices,  Of which Chapter 3 lists out the salient legislative requirements that EA licensees must  follow,  while Chapter 4 sets out the minimum standards which the Commissioner for Labour (C for L) expects from EA licensees in operating their  businesses. Some of the standards are particularly relevant to EAs providing  placement services for foreign domestic helpers (FDHs).  Chapter 5  and  the  appendices,  on  the other hand, provide sample forms and some useful  reference  materials  to  facilitate  EAs  in  complying  with  the requirements and standards set out in the CoP.

It is a website dedicated to provide members ofthe  public,  including EA operators/staff, FDHs, employers and job-seekers
in  general,  with  ready  access to updated information related to EAs. By using the built-in search function of the Portal, members of the public can easily  search  for  particulars  of all EAs with valid licences throughout Hong Kong.

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