Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 32E

Associated companies

(1) Where the employer is a company, any reference in section 32B, 32C or 32D
to renewal or re-engagement by the employer shall be construed as a reference
to renewal or re-engagement by that company or by any associated company, and
any reference in section 32B, 32C or 32D to an offer made by the employer
shall be construed as including a reference to an offer made by an
associated company.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect the operation of section 32D in a case
where the previous owner and the new owner are associated companies; and where
that section applies, subsection (1) shall not apply.

(3) 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" shall be construed
accordingly.

(4) In this section, "company" (公司) and "subsidiary" (附屬公司) have
the meanings respectively assigned to them by section 2 of the Companies 
Ordinance ( Cap 32). (Part VIA added 75 of 1997 s. 4)

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