Paternity leave

6 Mar 2013

As employers prepare their policies and procedures for the introduction of paternity leave legislation, questions are being asked about whether denying unmarried employees these benefits would be...

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Singapore increases cash-for-babies as cost of raising a family rises

22 Jan 2013

Singapore has announced increased cash bonuses for parents of newborn babies and introduced paternity leave as part of a package of measures to boost the population and reduce dependence on...

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Letters to the Editor, January 16, 2013

16 Jan 2013

Think beyond city's pillar industries

Last month, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah warned against "blindly" pursuing new sectors.

He defended the city's pillar industries -...

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Paternity leave plan labelled ridiculous by gender equality campaigners

3 Jan 2013

The government's proposal to give new fathers three days' paid leave when it already grants its civil servants five days' paternity leave has been condemned as absurd by a group campaigning for...

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Paternity leave is only a baby step

21 Dec 2012

If Hong Kong is to be a world-class city, it is going to have to bring its parental leave entitlements up to global standards. According to the International Labour Organisation, at least 49...

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Lawmakers need to press ahead on paternity leave

30 Nov 2012

Paternity leave for working fathers appears to be a step closer to reality after employer and labour representatives on a government panel agreed to make it part of the law. The breakthrough is...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Labour Advisory Board backs paternity leave

Hong Kong fathers will be given three days’ paternity leave for the first time despite objections from employers after officials agreed to start drafting new laws on Monday.

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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...

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Employers relent on law to bring in paternity leave

Paternity leave has moved a step closer to becoming law after a U-turn by employers' representatives on the Labour Advisory Board.

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WORKPLACE

Pay rise for Hong Kong workers expected to lag mainland China

Hong Kong workers on average can expect a pay rise between 4.1 per cent and 4.5 per cent next year– well short of the 7 per cent to 8 per cent expected on the mainland – a survey has found.

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