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Annotated Ordinances/Cap. 57

Section 10

Termination of contract without notice by employee

僱員不給予通知而終止合約的情況

Part II — Contracts of Employment (僱傭合約)

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Statutory Text
An employee may terminate his contract of employment without notice or payment in lieu—
(a) if he reasonably fears physical danger by violence or disease such as was not contemplated by his contract of employment expressly or by necessary implication;
(aa) if—
(i) he has been employed under the contract for not less than 5 years; and
(ii) by a certificate in the form specified by the Commissioner under section 49 and issued by a registered medical practitioner or registered Chinese medicine practitioner, he is certified as being permanently unfit for a particular type of work specified in the certificate for a reason or reasons stated therein; and
(iii) he is engaged in that type of work under the contract;
(b) if he is subjected to ill-treatment by the employer; or
(c) on any other ground on which he would be entitled to terminate the contract without notice at common law.

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