The 468 Rule’s January Deadline: What’s Really Happening

The 468 rule effective date of 18 January 2026 arrives with official assurances that Hong Kong’s employment framework is evolving to protect vulnerable workers, yet conversations with employers, labour organisers, and workers themselves reveal a more complicated reality unfolding in the territory’s restaurants, hotels, and retail establishments. What the government describes as progressive reform, many employers view […]

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