Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3) - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Ratification: 1997)

Article 4. Prohibition of dismissal during maternity leave. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether the women dismissed during maternity leave for the reasons stated in section 9 of the Employment Ordinance maintain their maternity cash and medical benefits entitlements.

Application of the Convention with modifications. The Committee recalls that, upon declaring the Convention applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997, the Government made certain modifications as to the manner in which this instrument would apply to this territory. Considering that the legislation applicable thereto has since been amended, the Government may wish to consider whether the terms of the 1997 declaration should be modified in consequence.