Understanding Absence Rules for Hong Kong
This section discusses absence rules for Hong Kong.
Global Payroll for Hong Kong delivers predefined rules for processing absence payments, such as annual leave, long service leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and jury leave. Rules are also delivered to calculate absence entitlements on termination, including rules for the payment of unused annual leave, 13th month payment, outstanding deduction recovery, severance, and long service.
PeopleSoft designed these rules in accordance with Hong Kong statutory requirements. You can modify many of these rules to reflect absence and termination policies that are specific to your organization or to labor agreements with your employees.
To demonstrate how Global Payroll can process typical absence requirements in Hong Kong, PeopleSoft provides 8 absence entitlement elements and 10 absence take elements. After the table of primary elements—the absence and take elements—we describe the interaction of each element with supporting elements.
Note: For the customary data discussed in these topics two categories of employees are identified: Statutory and General. Each category has its own customary data (absence entitlement, take rules, and accrual rules).
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Leave Without Pay (LWOP) |
Unpaid absence type. |
Maternity Leave (MLV) |
Paid confinement period. |
Sick Leave (SLV) |
Paid sick period. |
Annual Leave (ALV) |
Paid absence type. |
Other Leave (OLV) |
Paid or unpaid absence type subjected to organization decision. |
Long Service Payment (LSP) |
Payment made when termination occurs after a long period of service. |
General Employees |
Employees employed on a permanent basis. |
Statutory Employees |
Employees employed on an hourly and contract basis. |