Hong Kong labour chief urges haste in changes to employment law to allow sick leave for quarantined residents and firing staff who ignore vaccine requirements

By Jack Tsang

Hong Kong’s labour minister has urged lawmakers to “quickly” pass an amendment to a law that would allow workers to take sick leave for quarantine and employers to sack staff who fail to fulfil vaccine pass requirements.Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said on his official blog on Sunday the bill would be discussed in Legco on Wednesday.“To clarify employment issues caused by employees’ absence from work due to quarantine and compliance with the requirements of the vaccine pass,…

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