Compliantly hire your distributed team members in
Hong Kong
To hire new employees in
Hong Kong
, your business must have a local legal entity or an Employer of Record like Borderless in place already. Then there’s the management of local employment compliance, taxes, benefits, payroll, and more. Hiring contractors poses similar challenges.
Borderless handles all of that for you, so you can focus on getting to work with your new team member in
Hong Kong
while staying fully compliant with local laws and compliance.
Cantonese, English
Hong Kong dollar ($, HKD)
Monthly
12 days
5%
$$$$ (39 of 139 nations)
Up to 14 days
Up to 120 days
14 weeks
In many countries like
Hong Kong
, the treatment of employees and contractors is different. If you misclassify a new team member, you could be subjected to penalties and fines. Let Borderless get this right for you, so you don’t have to worry.
HK 37.5 per hour.
Working hours are typically 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. Monday through Friday is the standard workweek.
Overtime pay is not required. Overtime can be agreed upon in an employment agreement between an employer and an employee.
A father in Hong Kong can take five paid days of paternity leave, starting four weeks before an expected child's birth and ending 14 weeks after delivery.
The five-day paternity leave can be taken all at once or in increments of one day, and is paid at 80% of the employee's average pay.
For all Borderless customers, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.
An employee may be fired for misconduct, negligence, disobeying reasonable regulations, or otherwise violating the terms of employment.
An employee cannot be fired for being pregnant, taking maternity leave, being injured at work, joining a union, exercising sick leave, or taking time off work to fulfill civil responsibilities such as jury duty, among other things.
The employment contract specifies the notice period that an employer must provide before terminating an employee, which should be at least seven days.
If the employment contract does not specify a notice period, an employer must notify an employee at least 30 days before their employment is terminated.
During the probation period, the following notice is required:
After the probationary period for a continuous contract:
Probation periods in Hong Kong last anywhere from one to three months and should be clearly defined in the employment contract.
According to the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance, an exiting employee is entitled to a severance package equal to two-thirds of the most recent full month's salary, or HK$ 22,500 multiplied by the number of years of service with the employer.
The following is the calculation for a monthly-paid employee:
When the world is your competition, it pays to incentivize new hires and existing alike. Borderless benefits packages typically include:
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