Easter Monday made statutory holiday from this year

 

HK will now have 15 statutory holidays

Starting this year, Easter Monday (or the day after Easter Sunday) will become one of the statutory holidays in Hong Kong, to make a total of 15 days. 

A statutory holiday in Hong Kong is a legally protected day off for all employees (including foreign domestic helpers) under the Employment Ordinance, which ensures that they get to take a break without loss of pay.

They are differentiated from the 17 public holidays or bank holidays in a year, which are also paid holidays but are not specifically part of employment rights. By 2030, all the public holidays will become statutory holidays in accordance with a provision in the Employment Ordinance passed in 2021.

Basahin ang detalye!

This year, the 15 statutory holidays include apart from Easter Monday, the three days of Lunar New Year, Labour Day and Christmas.

The 15 statutory holidays for 2026 are:

1.	The first day of January	1 January
2.	Lunar New Year's Day	17 February
3.	The second day of Lunar New Year	18 February
4.	The third day of Lunar New Year	19 February
5.	Ching Ming Festival	5 April
6.	Easter Monday*	6 April
7.	Labour Day	1 May
8.	The Birthday of the Buddha	24 May
9.	Tuen Ng Festival	19 June
10.	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day	1 July
11.	The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	26 September
12.	National Day	1 October
13.	Chung Yeung Festival	18 October
14.	Chinese Winter Solstice Festival or Christmas Day (at the option of the employer)	22 December or 25 December
15.	The first weekday after Christmas Day	26 December

Please note:

All employees are entitled to the statutory holidays. If the statutory holiday falls on a rest day, a holiday should be granted on the day following the rest day which is not a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day. An employee having been employed under a continuous contract for not less than 3 months is entitled to the holiday pay which is equivalent to the average daily wages earned by the employee in the 12-month period preceding the holiday.

Reference example:

An employee is granted rest days on Sundays. As the Chung Yeung Festival (18 October) falls on Sunday, the employer should grant a holiday on the next day (i.e. 19 October), but this day should not be a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day.