Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

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

Article 3 (a) and (b)of the Convention. Maternity leave period. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government as to the amendments to the Employment Ordinance (EO) (Chapter 57 of the Laws of Hong Kong), sections 12(2)(a) and 12AA, and to the Civil Service Regulation (CSR) 1297, sections (1)(a)(i) and (1) (b), concerning the extension of the maternity leave period from 12 weeks to 14 weeks, and as to the mandatory post-natal leave period of 10 weeks.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee takes due note of the indication by the Government that it is reviewing the terms of its 1997 declaration on the manner in which the Convention applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Committee invites the Government to keep it informed of any developments in this regard and to communicate the text of the declaration once modified.