Statutory Holidays for 2018
The 12 statutory holidays for 2018 are:
- The first day of January (1 January)
- Lunar New Year’s Day (16 February)
- The second day of Lunar New Year (17 February)
- The fourth day of Lunar New Year (19 February)
- Ching Ming Festival (5 April)
- Labour Day (1 May)
- Tuen Ng Festival (18 June)
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July)
- The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (25 September)
- National Day (1 October)
- Chung Yeung Festival (17 October)
- Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (22 December) or Christmas Day (25 December) (at the option of the employer)
Please note:
（i）According to the Employment Ordinance, when either Lunar New Year's Day, the second day of the Lunar New Year or the third day of the Lunar New Year falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is designated as a statutory holiday in substitution; and in the event that the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday, the day thereafter (i.e. the 17th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar) is designated as a statutory holiday in substitution. As the third day of Lunar New Year of 2018 falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year will be designated as a statutory holiday.
（ii）All employees are entitled to the above 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 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July) falls on Sunday, the employer should grant a holiday on the next day (i.e. 2 July), but this day should not be a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day.