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What The 2026 Policy Address Means For Employers In Hong Kong
On 16 September 2026, the Chief Executive delivered his 2026 Policy Address – and there's plenty in it for employers to take note of. From new protections for delivery workers and implementing measures to accommodate for the city’s ageing population, these measures signal where the Government is heading. Here's our take on the key changes and why they matter.
What the 2026 Policy Address means for employers in Hong Kong
The Government is developing new legislation that would give digital platform workers in food and goods delivery statutory compensation for work injuries. Stakeholder engagement will be a key part of the process as the legislation takes shape. Many delivery workers currently fall outside the statutory work-injury compensation framework, and this legislation is intended to close that gap.
Can Employers Stop Employees From Talking About Pay In Hong Kong?
Lewis Silkin are most popular: within Transport and Cannabis & Hemp topic(s) Recently, a Chinese multinational tech giant dismissed a Project Manager after screenshots of his seven-figure compensation package were circulated online. The package was reportedly worth over RMB 3 million (about US$470,000). The company dismissed the inpidual on the basis that he had disclosed sensitive corporate information and permanently blacklisted him from future employment at the organisation.
Can employers stop employees from talking about pay in Hong Kong?
For Hong Kong employers, the practical question is not simply whether a pay confidentiality clause can be enforced, but whether relying on it is lawful, proportionate and commercially sensible. Pay transparency vs pay confidentiality: competing philosophies Employers and employees often view remuneration differently.
Easter Monday Is Now A Statutory Holiday In Hong Kong
Lewis Silkin are most popular: in European Union Starting from this year, Easter Monday which is on 6 April, will be designated as a statutory holiday. This means that Hong Kong now has a total of 15 statutory holidays as of 2026. This change is part of the Hong Kong government’s effort to gradually align the number of statutory holidays with the number of general holidays.
Easter Monday is now a statutory holiday in Hong Kong
This change is part of the Hong Kong government’s effort to gradually align the number of statutory holidays with the number of general holidays. In Hong Kong, statutory holidays are the minimum number of Hong Kong public holidays which an employer needs to grant employees; while general holidays are all Hong Kong public holidays (which are all the “red days” on the calendar). Currently, employers are only required to grant statutory holidays.
Increase In Hong Kong's Daily Medical Reimbursement Rates To Enhance Employees' Rights And Benefits
Gladys Ching’s articles from Lewis Silkin are most popular: with readers working within the Healthcare and Media & Information industries Lewis Silkin are most popular: within Cannabis & Hemp, Tax and Strategy topic(s) in Asia With effect from 1 January 2026, the maximum daily rate for reimbursement of medical expenses to employees under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO) and the Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance (PMCO) will increase.
Increase in Hong Kong’s daily medical reimbursement rates to enhance employees’ rights and benefits
Under the ECO and PMCO, employees who have suffered an injury at work or who suffer from prescribed occupational diseases may claim reimbursement from the employer for their medical expenses up to a maximum daily rate. Currently, the maximum daily rates are: Out-patient treatment: HK$300; In-patient and out-patient treatment received on the same day: HK$370; and In-patient treatment: HK$300 The current maximum daily rates have been in place since February 2018.
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