Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Payment of holiday pay, etc. in event of bankruptcy, etc.

For the purposes of section 38 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance ( Cap 6) and
section 265 of the Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32), any holiday pay, annual 
leave pay, end of year payment or any proportion thereof, maternity leave  pay
or sickness allowance to which an employee is entitled shall, whenever the
employee became or becomes entitled thereto, be deemed to be wages in respect
of services rendered during the relevant period prescribed in the said
section 38 or the said section 265 or in section 79 of the Companies 
Ordinance ( Cap 32), as the case may be. (Amended 53 of 1977 s. 6; 22 of 1981
s. 10; 48 of 1984 s. 21) (Part IX added 39 of 1973 s. 5)