Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 31ZA

Associated companies

(1) Where the employer is a company, any reference in this Part to
re-engagement by the employer shall be construed as a reference to
re-engagement by that company or by any associated company.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect the operation of section 31Z in a case
where the previous owner and the new owner (as defined by that section) are
associated companies; and where that section applies, subsection (1) shall not
apply.

(3) Where an employee of a company is taken into the employment of another
company which, at the time when he is taken into its employment, is an
associated company of the first-mentioned company, his period of employment at
that time shall count as a period of employment with the associated company,
and the change of employer shall not break the continuity of the period of
employment.

(4) For the purposes of this section, 2 companies shall be taken to be
associated companies if one is a subsidiary of the other, or both are
subsidiaries of a third company, and "associated company" (相聯公司) shall
be construed accordingly.

(5) In this section "company" (公司) and "subsidiary" (附屬公司) have
the meanings respectively assigned thereto by section 2 of the Companies 
Ordinance ( Cap 32).

"associated company" (相聯公司)

"company" (公司) and "subsidiary" (附屬公司)