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- "468 Rule" Final 5-Day Warning: We are inside the final week before the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 comes into effect on Jan 18 (Sunday). The Labour Department's new "468" calculator is now live, reminding HR that any 4-week period ending after this date will use the 68-hour aggregate rule, not the old "18 hours per week" check.
- The "Shadow AI" Risk: Following Adecco report release, legal firms are issuing alerts on "Shadow AI." With 86% of HK employees admitting to using AI daily but only 42% of companies providing guidance, there is a massive liability gap regarding data privacy and IP leakage.
- Lunar New Year Countdown (1 Month): Today marks roughly one month until the Year of the Horse begins on Feb 17 (Tuesday). Payroll vendors are advising HR to finalize "Lai See" (Red Packet) budgets and "Pre-CNY Bonus" runs by next Friday to ensure payments clear before the holiday bank freeze.
- Statutory Holiday System Patch: A technical alert for payroll admins: Ensure your system patch for Easter Monday (April 6) is installed. This is the first year Easter Monday is a Statutory Holiday (Labor Holiday), benefiting blue-collar workers who previously only had 14 days.
- Construction Sector Hiring: The Adecco report highlights "Construction & Engineering" as a key growth sector. With infrastructure projects rushing to meet Q1 milestones, site safety officers and project quantity surveyors are seeing 10-15% salary premiums this month.