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With effect from 30 September 2025, the Minimum Allowable Wage for FDHs is $5,100 per month, which is applicable to all employment contracts signed on or after 30 September 2025. All FDHs should be paid at a wage rate as stipulated in the Standard Employment Contract. An employer should not unilaterally impose or mutually reach a private agreement with his/her FDH on a lower wage rate. Underpaying an FDH or making false representation on wages of an FDH is liable to prosecution and imprisonment.

No. Under Clause 3 of the Standard Employment Contract, an FDH should work and reside in his/her employer’s residence specified in the contract during the employment period in Hong Kongo. Employers should provide FDHs with suitable accommodation with reasonable privacy. Examples of unsuitable accommodation arrangements include: arranging FDHs to sleep on made-do beds in the corridor with little privacy, or to share a room with an adult/teenager of the opposite sex.

Under Clause 6 of the Standard Employment Contract, FDHs are entitled to the following leaves as specified in the Employment Ordinance:

• Rest days;
• Statutory holidays; and
• Paid annual leave.

Besides, Clause 13 of the Standard Employment Contract stipulated that if an FDH and has/her employer agree to renew a contract, the FDH should, before the new contract commences, return to his/her place of origin at the expense of the employer for a paid/unpaid vacation of not less than 7 days (unless prior approval for extension of stay in Hong Kong is given by the Director of Immigration).

Employers should keep FDHs’ leave and payment record properly to avoid future disputes.

The Labour Department has set up an Employment Agencies Portal (www.eaa.labour.gov.hk) to provide job seekers (including FDHs) and employers with convenient access to information relating to the regulation of employment agencies. The Portal also allows the public to check if an employment agency holds a valid licence. To enhance transparency of the track records of employment agencies, and to facilitate job-seekers and employers in making informed decisions when engaging employment agency services, the Labour Department publishes on the EA Portal in a systematic manner the records of conviction of overcharging and unlicensed operation, revocation/refusal of licence renewal and written warnings issued to employment agencies. Furthermore, online forms are available on both the FDH Portal and the EA Portal to facilitate employers and FDHs in making enquiries and lodging complaints on matters relating to their employment rights and employment agencies.