Paternity leave in Hong Kong

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From the SCMP
May 04, 2012


Employers are resisting moves to impose mandatory paternity leave for staff, saying it would be a heavy blow at a time when the full impact of the year-old minimum wage is still kicking in and that cheap domestic staff and willing grandparents rendered it unnecessary.

A Civil Service Bureau consultation paper released in November recommended up to five days of paternity leave, while a government consultation is under way to consider making it a statutory requirement for all employers.

Yesterday marked the first time the board had discussed the issue. Employer representative Ho Sai-chu said the government should encourage companies to give paternity leave but leave the decision up to them.
 
Bah. Employers will moan about any measure that pains them to give their employees a fair deal. The amount of moaning about the minimum wage and none of the disaster came to pass (though some are finding sneaky and shameful ways not to pay). I hardly think five days paternity leave, which I assume is all it's going to be but better than nothing, is going to kill anyone's business.
 
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