Wow, a minimum double of holidays after 9 years?! Imagine working 9 years for the same company, and only have 14 days off. Hope there arent cases like that.
Another good question would be, what do employees get for vacation days they couldn't take off as compensation? I know there can be adding the remainder to next year or financial compensation.
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Originally Posted by PDLM  The Hong Kong legal minimum starts at 7 days but increases with length of service to 14 days at nine years or above. ( http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/...seGuide/04.pdf )
The only holidays which must be given by law are one day per week, and the 12 Statutory Holidays. Many employers (particularly in companies of the sort that employ expats) work 5 day weeks and give the General Holidays (15-17 extra days, depending on which fall on a Saturday). European countries have somewhere between 9 (UK) and 17 (Germany) public holidays.
20+ days is really not a lot for those from a European background. Germans with 10+ years service might expect 50+ working days off per year including public holidays (but excluding weekends, so 150+ in total).
I had never had less than 25 days before I came to HKG, had 25 in my first company here (European), but then only managed to negotiate 20 when I moved to my second (American). Both are in telecoms, not finance. |
