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Short guides in Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia, English and Chinese. Every one links to the official source and to a calculator you can share.
- Salary
Minimum Allowable Wage: what you must be paid
HK$5,220 plus a HK$1,236 food allowance — who it applies to, when it changes, and what to do if you are under it.
Read → - Rest days
Statutory holidays for domestic helpers in Hong Kong: every rule
Helpers in Hong Kong get every statutory holiday. Who is paid for them, what happens if you work one, and when it falls on your rest day.
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Rest days for helpers in Hong Kong: your weekly day off
You are entitled to at least one rest day in every 7 days — a full 24 hours. Your employer cannot make you work it.
Read → - Leave
Annual leave for domestic helpers in Hong Kong: 7 to 14 days
After each 12 months of work you get paid annual leave: 7 days, rising to 14 by your ninth year. How it is taken and paid.
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Sick leave for domestic helpers in Hong Kong: sickness allowance
You earn paid sickness days every month and free medical treatment from your employer. When sick leave is paid, and how much.
Read → - Leave
Maternity leave for domestic helpers in Hong Kong
14 weeks of maternity leave, pay at four-fifths of your wage, and protection from dismissal once you tell your employer you are pregnant.
Read → - Termination
Terminated? What a domestic helper is owed in Hong Kong
Notice or a month’s pay, wages to date, untaken leave, your ticket home and travel allowance. Paid within 7 days. What to do in the 14 days.
Read → - Going home
Who pays for a domestic helper’s flight home from Hong Kong?
Your employer pays your passage to your place of origin — at the end of the contract or if it ends early — plus HK$100 for each day of the journey.
Read → - Employers
Ending a domestic helper’s contract in Hong Kong: an employer’s steps
One month’s notice or a month’s wages, everything owed within seven days, Immigration told within seven days. With a notice letter you can copy.
Read → - Money
Do you pay MPF for a domestic helper in Hong Kong?
No. Domestic employees are exempt persons under the MPF rules, so there are no employer contributions and nothing may be deducted from her wages.
Read → - Money
The helper levy in Hong Kong: abolished, and nobody may charge it
The Employees Retraining Levy on employers of domestic helpers was abolished after the suspension of its collection expired on 1 August 2013.
Read → - Termination
Long service payment and severance for helpers in Hong Kong
Five years with one employer can mean a long service payment; two years and a redundancy, severance. Who qualifies and how it is worked out.
Read → - Agencies
Agency fees: the most a Hong Kong agency can charge you
An employment agency may charge a helper at most 10% of the first month’s wage, and only after it is paid. What to do if you were overcharged.
Read → - Tools
Free calculators for domestic helpers in Hong Kong, compared
The free salary, leave and termination calculators for Hong Kong domestic helpers: what each does, who it is for, and which languages it speaks.
Read → - Contract
Contract renewal for domestic helpers in Hong Kong: steps and documents
Renewing a helper’s contract with the same employer: when to apply, the forms, the salary rule, and home leave between contracts.
Read → - Employers
Hiring a domestic helper for the first time in Hong Kong: what the law asks of you
Hiring a helper in Hong Kong for the first time: the income test, the contract and visa, what you pay for, her time off, and the records to keep.
Read → - Blog
Kaia blog
News and plain explanations for helpers in Hong Kong and the families they work for.
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