Cap. 57activeordinance

Employment Ordinance

僱傭條例

Full legislation

s.(4BAA)

(4BAA)

(4BAA)
An employer who terminates the continuous contract of employment of an employee
                on any sickness day taken by the employee in respect of which sickness allowance is
                payable under this section shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (4B) to
                terminate the contract otherwise than in accordance with
section
                9
—
(a)
unless the contrary is proved; or
(b)
subject to subsection (4BAB), unless the employer proves
that—
(i)
he purported to terminate the contract in accordance with that section;
                        and
(ii)
at the time of such termination, he reasonably believed that he had a
                        ground to do so.
(Added
7 of 2001 s. 8
)