Employment Ordinance

(1)
Paternity leave is in addition to rest days, holidays and annual leave to which an employee is entitled under this Ordinance.
(2)
If—
(a)
an employee has, in compliance with the requirement in
section 15F(1)
, notified the employer that he intends to take paternity leave on a particular day; and
(b)
that day falls on a rest day or holiday or falls within a period of annual leave,
he is entitled to take the leave on the day immediately after the rest day, holiday or period of annual leave.
(3)
Despite subsection (2), the employee is entitled to take the leave on another day he chooses if he has notified the employer of his choice at least 2 days before that other day.
(4)
The employee is entitled to take leave on the day mentioned in subsection (2)
                even if that day falls on a day after the
                14-week
                period mentioned in
section 15E(3
)(
b)
.
(Amended
13 of 2020 s. 9
)
(5)
However, subsection (3) does not entitle the employee to take leave on a day that falls on a day outside the period specified in
section 15E(3)
.