Employment Ordinance

(1)
Where the employer is a company, any reference in
section 32B
,
32C or 32D to renewal or re-engagement by the employer shall be construed as a reference to renewal or re-engagement by that company or by any associated company, and any reference in
section 32B
,
32C
or
32D
to an offer made by the employer shall be construed as including a reference to an offer made by an associated company.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not affect the operation of
section 32D
in a case where the previous owner and the new owner are associated companies; and where that section applies, subsection (1) shall not apply.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, 2 companies shall be taken to be associated
                companies if one is a subsidiary of the other, or both are subsidiaries of a third
                company, and
associated
                    company
shall be construed accordingly.
(4)
In this
section—
company
(
公司
) has the meaning given by
section 2(1)
of the Companies Ordinance (
Cap. 622
);
subsidiary
(
附屬公司
) has the meaning given by
section 15
of the Companies Ordinance (
Cap. 622
) for the purposes of that Ordinance.
(Replaced
28 of 2012 ss. 912
& 920)