1. There is a commission appointed by the employer work conditions:

Employers in the household after deducting expenses still have sufficient economic capacity hiring helpers. Generally to say, every employer with a name helpers calculations, the employer's household income must be no less than every month $ 15,000, or employer shall owns the amount of money relative to when the assets, sufficient to hiring The helpers over the entire contracts period. Thus, as the employer intends to hire helpers with two names, you must have not less than HK $ 30,000 per month in family income, or owns, if the amount of money relative to the assets

Employers do not have to ask or permit of stay between helpers funny and fit in a standard employment commission within about the first two contracts for the period prescribed for people from what he hired helpers in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Commitment to the employer shall be helpers of salary not less than the Hong Kong SAR government and the public in cloth applicant employed by the helpers when effective date prescribed minimum wage.

Helpers must be in standard employment contracts commission out of the first three columns employer work and live in the residence.

Helpers must be eligible to provide appropriate and there are reasonable places to live hidden private places.

2. 2 FDH levy :

In July 1, 2003 or after the applicant recruited by helpers employer shall then employed by using helpers paid post employees retraining levy, as the training and retraining of the Hong Kong workers by the fee. Calculate the amount of the levy shall pay method is HK $ 400 yuan per month multiplied by the employment contracts of commission number of months. Levy shall be issued before a visa pen had to pay deposit, and are divided into four or payment of deposit, before the first period shall be issued on payment of visa.

In any case, both the levy will not be refunded. However, when the workers arrived in Hong Kong SAR does not perform their duties, they or their employment contract is terminated before the expiration of the Immigration Department to consider employers make up another name for the helper application, accounting and the balance paid the levy, but the application must be aware of workers in employer did not arrive HKSAR aware of their performance of their duties or fail to be completed within four months from the date of employment contract proposed.

3. The payment of the levy for each delivery:

Former pro from, or authorized representative to Wanchai, Hong Kong Gloucester Road Sixth Floor Immigration Affairs large floor seven Immigration Affairs at the outer membership household helpers group paid post, or to support the ticket sent to the office or put into the the Department of cast delivery box.

Former pro from or authorized representative to the following six points into the Immigration Department at the deposit payment:

i. East Kowloon office
    Level 2, Sceneway Plaza, Sceneway Garden, 1-17 Sceneway Road, Lam Tin.
ii. West Kowloon office
    Ground Floor, 28 Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
iii. Sha Tin office
    3rd Floor, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin.
iv. Fo Tan office
    Shops 405 and 406, 4/F, Jubilee Square, 2-18 Lok King Street, Fo Tan.
v. Yuen Long office
    Shop B, G/F, Manhattan Plaza, 23 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long.

4. The document to be provided

a. Employer Hong Kong permanent resident identity card / Hong Kong identity card copies of a copy. As employers are not Hong Kong permanent residents, please photocopy the employer's travel document containing the personal data of its most recent cover materials and the Hong Kong Immigration Department within the printed page chapter.

b. Shows the employer deduction in his / her home after the court still has enough spending enough economic capacity hiring helpers of supporting documents. Generally to say, each hiring a name helpers, employer's household income must not less than every month to HK $ 15,000 million, or employer shall owns amount shall phase if the assets, sufficient to hiring The helpers over the entire contracts period. This and other supporting documents include:

Such as the employer is a company's employees
i. The most recent assessment of the tax office issued and shall notify the taxpayer pay book; or
ii. Shows the past three months is automatically transferred monthly salary of bank account passbook / invoice; or
iii. Employer companies in the past three months' salaries out of the settlement letter / notification list; or
iv. Displayable employer Holder may Viewpoint assets prove, for example, the most recent of the Property Tax Assessor notification letter, had to regularly deposit six months / savings deposit invoice (junction deposit amount not less than HK $ 350,000) and the like.

As an employer or are self-employed persons are company directors
v. The most recent assessment of the tax office issued and shall notify the taxpayer pay book; or
vi. Corporate Profits Tax tax return and can prove that the employer and the company's relationship of supporting documents, such as business registration certificates / shares allocation discipline record [Form 1 (b)]; or
vii. The owner can show bank certificate of banking facilities granted to the company or the employer can show proof hold considerable assets, such as the most recent property tax assessment notice, time deposits / savings knot in the past six months single (balance amount not less than HK $ 350,000) and the like.

c. Employers in standard employment commission contracts on the fill reported residential address proof of that most new levy income differential rates notification letter or past water costs three month period / telephone fee / electricity bills and other public use facilities account alone.

As contracts address belongs Housing Department units / Hong Kong Housing Society under the jurisdiction of the house / housing estates, it should provide the following documents:

i. Housing Department / Hong Kong Housing Society approved helpers in the unit resided consent form; and
ii. With the Housing Department / Hong Kong Housing Society will set established to lease a four-page copy, which contains the address and the family members of Personal Data.

o As supporting documents is not the employer of the body were defined, please also provide relations prove, for example, birth certificate specification, marriage certificate, company annual reports, shares allocated discipline record and so on.

5. And continued with an employer about

Employers As the desire mesh employed by using helpers continued about, applicants may pro from or authorized before representatives to foreign nationals family helpers group or five into the Immigration Department branch office handed cross tables. (Usually before the application before the expiration of the current contract accepted four weeks. Helpers to fill in a visa / entry permit application form [ID (C) 936A], but need not affix a recent photograph. In addition to the files on the part of the "how to apply" employers should be submitted existing employment contract, but need not submit the applicant's work experience notification form [ID (C) 936F], to prove that workers have at least two years experience in domestic helpers Jianshu applicant declaration [ID (C) 936L], Write receipts (ID813) and mailing label (ID839). As to whether to approve the contract would depend on the employer and the workers at the time of submitting the application meets the relevant eligibility criteria. in the contract expires and helper stay Hong Kong after the expiration of the period for making an application will not be accepted.

6. Employment contract after holiday

According to the standard employment commission contracts Article 13, by the old contracts of full to new inter-contracts start into effect of, helpers shall return to their places of origin place to take holidays, fees from employer paid with. Eligible limit of stay in Hong Kong once the expiry, helpers will not have to stay in Hong Kong.

General and words, after the expiry of helpers should return to their places of origin and apply for visa, returned to Hong Kong to start to fulfill new contracts. If at the expiration of the old contract, workers can not instantly return home on vacation, as long as the two sides agreed to hire, helpers may apply for extension of stay, discharge adjourned take vacation leave; the employer shall arrange workers to fill in an application for extension of stay (ID91), then cross to the Director of Immigration approval. Helpers as proposed applicant, the Immigration Department Director may approve the extension of its period of stay, normally limit of not more than one year. Thereafter, the helpers in the contracts within a period not to again apply for extension of period of stay. Therefore, we should arrange helpers in a one-year extended stay in the left of limited return of origin of the false, and arrangements helpers Holder Validity and eligible installment of stay of limiting the same visa to enter Hong Kong to complete contracts (visa fees exemption).

7. Helpers stay in Hong Kong after the limit of the best

Standard employment contracts of commission expiry date is not helpers stay in Hong Kong after the limit period. The actual period is the last limit of stay out of Limit on helpers passport. Helpers in the limit of stay in Hong Kong can be prosecuted, upon conviction, maximum penalty of a fine of HK $ 50,000 and imprisonment for two years, will be sent to the despatch territory after serving sentence, were sent sent back from the border, will no longer be eligible for registration in Hong Kong bear any helpers. Any such persons assisting or abetting in the commission work limit of stay in Hong Kong, is also liable to criminal prosecution.

8. Conversion employer

Helpers only within the limits of the specified employer to perform specific work. Helpers together in a period of about two years of the proposed conversion of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the employer the applicant, does not usually have to obtain approval. For workers such as domestic helpers employed by the new employer, you must first return to their places of origin, and then by post way or directly via the employer to the Immigration Department at long application for appropriate visas.

Two-year contracts at the expiration of the time, helpers shall return to their places of origin of fake and people with family reunion. After the two-year contracts of finished knot, helpers may be proposed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the conversion application for employers, to do with the text of the law said applicants with the same employer continued about the same. However, helpers of the people must be pro-handed cross from the applicant to Wanchai, Hong Kong Gloucester Road, Seven Immigration Service building six large floor outside the Immigration Department nationality family helpers group. In addition, the helpers shall be delivered by the post when current employer issued a column on which the contracts of expiry / date of the letter from the level of termination. Helpers may apply for visa, return to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to start a new employer work, but must be within of stay of the forward limit of the expiration of the first to return to their places of origin, before they can be eligible for prospective return of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to fulfill new contracts.

Helpers need to wait for the Hong Kong SAR Government Immigration Services Department notification, the relevant applicant met before coming to the surface. If there is need for a new employer may also have to attend a same. Then eligible for notification before the time specified to meet face people with disabilities are advised to attend punctual. According to the former can not be required to wait for when all the time to reach prospective applicants who will meet before they were then see. Finished. They also may be required by some other time. Helpers or eligible employer will notify the results. In the applicant is not the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government at the Immigration Department for approval before the helpers do not have to start work for the new employer

9. Hiring restrictions

Helpers only to the employer as prescribed in contracts on materials processing household duties. Employers do not have to beg or allowable helpers bear any housework duties to outside duties. In addition to the prior approval of the Director of Immigration helpers perform duties outside the car, according to domestic helpers to be performed by a contract of employment does not include drive any type of vehicle, regardless of what the purpose of driving under section 15 (d) item, and whether the vehicle It belongs to the employer.

Helpers shall not be employed by any persons which he supported him in any any of its duties, including part-home service work. Employers also do not have to beg or allows helpers to any persons which he supported any any work.

The amount of wages not less money in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the cloth in public contracts set the date when the legislation effective prescribed minimum wage. Employers hired by the commission as no contracts should be paid to the pay of wages, is liable to be subject to criminal prosecution.

10. How to identify the labor input and external membership household helpers

All according to plan labor input to Hong Kong to foreign workers are Holder W-prefix identity card. With effect from December 1995, the new foreign nationals arrived in the port of family helpers and those that apply for the redemption of foreign nationality identity card family helpers who also have W prefix body parts certificate.

11. Deduction wage

In addition to "hire helpers Regulations" allowable's case, the employer shall not deduct wages for helpers. The following are "employment commission Regulations" allowable deduction wage examples:

a. Due to absenteeism and wages deduction, but the amount ratio between a number of hours the amount deducted must not exceed the absenteeism;
b. Due to damage or genetic loss of employer's goods items, equipment or financial matter and deducted wages, but according to "employment commission Regulations" Amount deducted not have to exceed HK $ 300, and shall comply with its his condition; and
c. Because the employer had pre branched or hyper amount paid wages for helpers and according to the number deducted wages, but can be deducted highest Amount addition to not have to exceed the fourth one wage period shall be paid the wages of.

Unless to give the Labour Department at long written approval, otherwise the number of half (due to lack of diligence and deducted wages except) must not exceed within the wage period shall be paid the wages of wage total amount in addition to the buckle.

According to "employment commission regulations," any employer, such as pay less wages to employees, commits an offense and can be sentenced to a fine of HK $ 350,000 and imprisonment for three years. Any persons illegally deducted wages also commits an offense and may be sentenced to a fine of HK $ 100,000 and imprisonment for one year.

12. Dietary allowance (if no dietary provided to helpers)

After the Protocol on the dietary allowance shall not be less than HK $ 300 yuan per month.

13. Repatriation helpers

If helpers after contracts terminated or expires, because hindered been forced to delay from Hong Kong, he / she shall be eligible for pre-registration of stay of limiting the expiration to the Immigration Department at length apply for extension of stay short when a segment between Hong Kong. In this voluntary helpers extended period of stay in Hong Kong between, no employer shall give to the allowance. Take the most direct route to return to their places of origin, usually refers to the helpers in the most shortcut way to return to their places of origin line, and not be affected by the way does not appear when delays or deviation from. The selected route is the most direct No, not subject to almost a case may be, for example, whether there is a straight flight ban which he or appropriate facilitation of transport tools to be two places. Helpers and non-direct route to the best examples of return, such as place of origin: helpers due to private reasons stopped in transit aside.

14. To insure workers

"Employees' Compensation Ordinance" provisions of Part IV, all employers must by law to vote on compensation liability insurance for each item.

Prescribed portion in accordance with "Employees' Compensation Ordinance," the fifth and purchased insurance, general and does not include non because the employee work and cited cause of disease or unexpected subject by the employer is responsible for the medical costs. Employers should be made legal liability "Employees' Compensation Ordinance," "employment commission regulations", the common law and this regulation provisions shall be held and may be required to bear the medical expenses and its his expenses, considering the helpers take out over the whole surface of the insurance.

15. Employers do not give notification to terminate contracts

Or instead of notice and the termination of contracts:

a. Deliberate without clothes from lawful and reasonable commands;
b. Improper behavior, and the behavior and so is his / her ability to do the work of the heart do not have to be in;
c. There are not loyal or fraudulent real behavior;
d. Often neglect grade Shou; or
e. Others due to any reason, so the employer has the right according to the common law shall not be notified and terminated contracts.

16. Helpers not to be notified and terminated contracts

In the following case, helpers may not be required to notify the payment in lieu of notice or termination of contracts:

a. If he / she has a reasonable reason for fear body due to violence or disease subject to hazards, and the and other violence or disease, in which he employs the commission contracts within and no clear statement or necessarily impliedly will appear;
b. If he / she be subject to harsh employer; or
c. Others due to any reason, so that he / she has the right according to the common law shall not be notified and terminated contracts.

17. The contract period is extended for a period of short time

As helpers and employers will want to extend the contracts for a period of short time, helpers should be to the Immigration Department at long application for the extension of the period of stay in Hong Kong. This kind of extension of stay will only apply for approval to be obtained under special circumstances. But due to continued about the proposed extension of stay of the applicant, generally will not obtain approval. The Immigration Department Director may decide whether the right to full approval of the extension of stay. In any case, the extension of stay of more than one month of applicants, usually will not obtain approval.

18. Paid annual leave

According to "employment commission regulations" helpers of employer services over one year, it may be in the trailing twelve months, the enjoyment of paid annual leave. As helpers employed full three months but less than 12 months, regardless of what is grounds for termination of employment contracts (including the resignation of helpers, but does not include the commission of negligence upon the employee under section 11 instant), he / she will be issued pro rata payment in lieu of annual leave.

19. off day

According to "employment commission regulations" helpers enjoy every seven days there is not one day less than the rest day. The rest day means a continuous interval not less than twenty-four hours a segment. Each week the rest day was the date specified by the employer. Employer must before the start of each month, the date of the relevant notification helpers, but if the rest day of the date of the case of fixed periodic, are the exception.

20. Disease allowance

According to "employment commission regulations" helpers during the first twelve months of the employee, each subject to hire at least one month, you can enjoy two days of paid sick leave, after its then each server over a month to enjoy four days of paid sick leave. Paid sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum one hundred and twenty days. Disease Jin posted per day equal to the average wage level per day of four fifths. Such as continuous discharge take sick leave not the full four days, the helpers will not be able to take the lead disease allowance.


In the instructions the contents may be revised from time to time, because this should be at the same time refer to the relevant commission for employment and immigration matters of law cases, and the cases of other laws prevail. Relevant laws to regulate given details, please refer to "employment commission Regulations", "Employees' Compensation Ordinance" and "Immigration Ordinance")