Employment Ordinance

(1)
With the agreement of her employer, a pregnant employee may decide on the date
                of commencement of her
                maternity
                leave for the purposes of
section 12(2
)(
a
)(
i)
, provided
                that such date is within a period of not less than 2 weeks before, and not more than
                4 weeks before, the expected date of confinement.
(Amended
13 of 2020 s. 5
)
(2)
If the employee does not exercise her option to decide on the date of commencement in subsection (1), or if she fails to secure her employer’s agreement to her proposed leave schedule, the date of commencement of maternity leave shall be 4 weeks immediately before the expected date of confinement.