Hong Kong Regulations

EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Employment on shift work

(Past version on 14/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where in any industrial undertaking young persons of or over the age of 16
are employed on a scheme of shift work, the provisions of regulation
8(1)(b)(ii) may, subject to this regulation and to the prior approval in
writing of such scheme by the Commissioner, be read as though 11 p.m. were
substituted for 7 p.m. (L.N. 41 of 1988)

(2) No employer shall employ any young person of or over the age of 16 in an
industrial undertaking on any scheme of shift work involving work between 7
p.m. and 11 p.m., unless the following conditions are complied with- (L.N. 229
of 1997)

   (a)  such shift work is carried on only in a building approved in writing
        by the Commissioner;

   (b)  a suitable room in which no industrial process is carried on and which
        has been approved in writing by the Commissioner is provided and
        equipped for use as a dining and rest room.

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 41 of 1988)