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Hong Kong workers and labour rights

Hong Kong workers and labour rights
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Hong Kong workers and labour rights. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
A motorcycle delivery worker is seen on Nathan Road in Jordan on June 12, 2025. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong finally moves to extend labour rights to the gig economy

Ensuring delivery workers have the right to injury compensation will be a breakthrough as the city strives to enhance labour protections.

Hong Kong society

Filipino workers in Hong Kong allegedly recruited as surrogates for overseas couples

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong proposes job-related injury compensation for gig delivery workers

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Hong Kong

Tighter site safety urged after Hong Kong records over 60 industrial accidents

Labour unions raise concerns following back-to-back construction site deaths involving heavy machinery.

Police inspect the scene of the fatal excavator accident on Monday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Accidents and personal safety

Editorial | Manslaughter charge over workplace death sends a strong message

Repeated promises to improve Hong Kong’s work safety culture mean nothing without strong enforcement and appropriate punishment.

Hong Kong courts

Watchdog seeks HK$250,000 for family of late helper sacked during cancer battle

District Court holds hearing to assess how much compensation should be awarded, five years after death of Baby Jane Allas.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Keep the imported worker scheme in line with Hong Kong market needs

The scheme aimed at easing chronic labour shortages must strike a balance between sustaining healthy economic growth and preventing abuse.

Restaurant staff in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Mirror dancer left with ‘catastrophic disabilities’ awarded HK$6.29m in damages

Judge Phillis Loh grants 31-year-old Mo Li, who needs three carers to provide round-the-clock assistance, maximum compensation under various headings.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tightens imported worker scheme but open to making it permanent

Two-tier vetting system for employers comes into effect on Tuesday, with tougher rules for catering industry.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s domestic helpers need safe places to work and play

As climate change intensifies and urban space dwindles, migrant workers’ needs must be prioritised.

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Domestic helpers rest in makeshift shelters in Tsuen Wan on May 24. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Food and Drinks

Word on the StrEAT: the F&B scene’s pet peeves about customers

Do appreciate the effort staff have made to be there; but don’t have a smoke break during a tasting menu, click your fingers, get too drunk or order off-menu.

Even the most delicious meals, such as this one at La Terrace at Louise, can occasionally be marred by rude or entitled guests, Hong Kong’s F&B professionals share. Photo: Nicholas Wong Sixteen Photography
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong’s domestic workers deserve dignity and cool comfort too

Inclement weather is making life harder for domestic workers who already lack places to rest and face restrictions on using air conditioning.

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong helpers urge employers to relax ‘air-con ban’ in heatwave

Employer draws widespread online criticism for scolding domestic helper who switched on air conditioner an hour early in hot weather.

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Hong Kong courts

Defunct Hong Kong bakery chain fined HK$251,800 over unpaid wages

Taipan Bread & Cakes, Taipan Restaurant and parent company Vast Luck failed to pay 47 employees following closure of all outlets on June 24 last year.

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Bakery chain Taipan shut all its retail outlets in June last year. Photo: Nora Tam
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong drainage project suspended after worker struck by chain hoist dies

Director of drainage services asked contractor to provide appropriate assistance to victim’s family after expressing his deepest condolences.

The worker was struck by an electric chain hoist at a site on Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Po on Wednesday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Jobs

Letters | Hong Kong must match worker to job. More training is not enough

Readers call for the introduction of professional career coaching, a flexible ride-hailing framework, and more creativity for local restaurants.

Accidents and personal safety

Air-con repairman dies after falling from 11th floor of Kowloon City building

Man, 38, was not wearing safety belt and building had no scaffolding.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Tightened rules for Hong Kong’s money lenders will protect helpers

Moves to regulate the moneylender sector must be accompanied by strengthening law enforcement and stepping up education efforts.

The Asian Migrants Coordinating Body holds a protest to call for a living wage and better working conditions for migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, in front of the Central Government Offices, on May 1. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Exclusive | Cigarette butts ‘strong evidence’ of smoking ban breach at work sites: Chris Sun

Labour chief reveals further details of proposed ban and lays out other priorities, including injury compensation mechanism for online delivery workers.

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

‘Nowhere to go’: helpers pushed out of parks spend day off in tents at bus terminus

Helpers in Hong Kong describe difficulty of finding places they can gather after some online posts suggested visitors were setting up tents.

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Mainland China

Property management sector cites 25% guard shortage amid imported labour backlash

Scrutiny of employing imported workers comes after Richland Gardens says 31 guards from mainland China will be hired through government labour scheme.

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The owners’ corporation of Richland Gardens in Kowloon Bay has come under fire after announcing that 31 guards from mainland China would be hired through a government labour scheme. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

HK$1 minimum wage rise unlikely to significantly lift low-paid incomes, experts say

Latest increase to HK$43.10 per hour offers limited boost, but helps workers keep pace with inflation and stabilises labour costs.

Experts say Hong Kong’s modest HK$1 minimum wage increase offers stability but little boost to low-paid incomes. Photo: Sam Tsang
China society

Opinion | China moves towards better protecting its gig workers

Platforms have outrun legislation but Beijing is pledging better protections for gig workers. Hong Kong is also updating relevant laws.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Tai Po blaze probe: temporary removal of fireproof windows ‘complied with rules’

Panel chairman questions whether interests of workers and residents are at odds under existing regulations.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong expands heat stress monitoring to better protect outdoor workers

Data to be used from eight additional sites across city in effort to provide more accurate readings and issue faster warnings.

Hong Kong has expanded heat stress monitoring to include data from eight additional sites in an attempt to better protect outdoor workers. Photo: Jelly Tse
Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

Editorial | MPF scheme must move with the times to better meet worker needs

Without excessively burdening businesses in this tough economic environment, the MPF authority needs to make changes.

People cross a road in Central, Hong Kong’s premier business district, on March 9. Photo: Dickson Lee
Accidents and personal safety

Editorial | Hong Kong’s development push must not come at the cost of human life

All stakeholders must seriously step up vigilance and compliance if Hong Kong is to improve its workplace safety record.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s jobless rate falls by 0.1 percentage point

Unemployment rate for December to February period stands at 3.8 per cent, with situation improving in retail, accommodation services, and foundation and superstructure sectors.

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