4. Hours worked
The hours worked by an employee in a wage period include any time during which the employee is, in accordance with the contract of employment or with the agreement or at the direction of the employer—
- (a) in attendance at a place of employment, irrespective of whether he or she is provided with work or training at that time; or
- (b) travelling in connection with his or her employment excluding travelling (in either direction) between his or her place of residence and his or her place of employment other than a place of employment that is outside Hong Kong and is not his or her usual place of employment.
5. Wage period
(1) The wage period of an employee is the period in respect of which wages are payable to the employee for work done or to be done under his or her contract of employment.
(2) Unless the contrary is proved, that period must be taken to be one month.
(3) For a completed or terminated contract of employment that has had at least one previous wage period, the final wage period is the period commencing at the end of the penultimate wage period and ending on the day of completion or termination of the contract.
(4) For a completed or terminated contract of employment that has not had at least one previous wage period, the final wage period is the period commencing at the beginning of the contract and ending on the day of completion or termination of the contract.
6. Wages
(1) A deduction from the wages of an employee made under section 25(3) or 32(2)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57) in respect of any wage period must be counted as part of the wages payable in respect of that period.
(2) A payment made to an employee in any wage period for any time that is not hours worked by the employee must not be counted as part of the wages payable in respect of that or any other wage period.
(3) An advance or over-payment of wages made to an employee in any wage period must not be counted as part of the wages payable in respect of that period.
