Asia · Verified annual-leave guide

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Employees under a continuous contract receive seven days of paid annual leave after 12 months, increasing progressively with service to 14 days from nine years.

Statutory paid annual leave7 days after 12 months, rising to 14 days with serviceAnnual-leave context

Comparable 5-day-week equivalent7 days at year 1; 10 at 5 years; 14 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.

Official sourceVerifiedHong Kong Labour Department

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Public-holiday planning

Lunar New Year is one of the most valuable clusters for annual-leave planning.
Ching Ming, Buddha’s Birthday, Tuen Ng and the Mid-Autumn period provide additional opportunities.
Hong Kong has both statutory-holiday rules and broader general-holiday calendars; verify which applies to your employment.

Legal basis and comparison method

Employees under a continuous contract receive seven days of paid annual leave after 12 months, increasing progressively with service to 14 days from nine years.

Equivalent by service length

1st year / first full entitlement	7 days
2 years	7 days
5 years	10 days
10 years	14 days
20+ years	14 days

Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Hong Kong Labour Department. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

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