Employment Compensation

3 Mar 2013

Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend.

Disney investors threaten to revolt over chief executives pay

3 Mar 2013

A revolution is brewing in the tree-lined streets of Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom, as shareholders prepare to fight the creeping power and rising rewards of the chairman and chief executive, Bob...

Police union seeks to raise officers' retirement age

27 Jan 2013

The union has written to Ip, who chairs the Legislative Council's panel of public services, asking her to bring the matter to the attention of the legislature.

Investors cheer as Goldman Sachs keeps lid on pay

18 Jan 2013

Goldman Sachs, the securities firm that set a compensation record on Wall Street in 2007, is now demonstrating how little it can pay.

Want a big expat package? Then head for where the living isn't so easy

4 Nov 2012

Foreign professionals in Hong Kong seem to have it all - a city boasting great transport links, a standard of living that is easy to adjust to, and the fourth-highest expatriate remuneration...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Pointers to planning ahead financially for your retirement

With three properties under his belt, Mak Hon-kai, 73, is enjoying a comfortable retirement.

The chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Senior Citizens, who came from humble origins, says...

Benefits of paternity leave outweigh costs

Earlier this year, a survey of employers found that those who do not offer paternity leave - a large majority - had no intention of introducing it unless the government legislated to make it...

Minimum Wage Commission close to agreeing HK$30 an hour

The commission set up by the government to review the statutory minimum wage edged closer to supporting a new level of about HK$30 an hour, although no consensus had been reached by midnight.

LABOUR

Employers' Federation resists rise in HK$28 minimum wage

A federation representing about 500 employers is calling for the minimum wage to stay at HK$28 an hour, saying that otherwise companies will hav

Family holidays for bond building and memories

What makes a memorable family holiday? Certainly not the organisation: packing for five, finding someone to look after the family pet, stopping the newspaper delivery and buying a vat of sunscreen...

LABOUR

Hong Kong hotels accused of not paying minimum wage in job 'trial periods'

Hotel bosses are dodging the minimum-wage law by forcing room cleaners to work for "trial periods" for low pay rates and without overtime compensation, according to a union survey.