Our Partner Mr Michael Szeto has contributed recent employment law updates to the Looseleaf – Hong Kong Employment Law Manual (Issue 51), which was published by LexisNexis in July 2025.

This issue covers:

1.      Case law update on whether gig workers were employees;

2.      Case law update on restrictive covenant;

3.      “Grandfathering” arrangement for the abolition of the use of the accrued benefits of employers’ mandatory MPF contributions to offset severance payment and long service payment;

4.      Enhancing the “General Points Test” under the “Quality Migrant Admission Scheme”;

5.      Relaxing the requirement of continuous contract.

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