Hong Kong Regulations

EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 14

Rest days

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

(1) Subject to regulation 15 and notwithstanding anything contained in these
regulations, no employer shall employ in an industrial  undertaking any young
person-

   (a)  on any day of the week-

        (i)    specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c) if
               that day is the same for every young person employed therein;
               or

        (ii)   specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h) if
               that day is not the same for every young person employed
               therein; or

   (b)  if the day of the week-

        (i)    specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c); or

        (ii)   specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h),
               has been changed in accordance with a notice under regulation
               15(1), on the day of the week specified in that notice; or

   (c)  if the Commissioner has, under regulation 15(2), permitted the day of
        the week-

        (i)    specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c); or

        (ii)   specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h),
               to be changed to another day of the week, on the day so
               substituted.

(2) No employer shall employ in an industrial undertaking any young person on
more than 6 days in any week.

(3) Rest days shall be in addition to any statutory holiday or alternative
holiday or substituted holiday, to which an employee is entitled under section
39 of the Ordinance. (L.N. 229 of 1997)