April 2020 marks a new phase for employers in Hong Kong. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak a large number of employers have over the last few months put steps in place so that their employees can now work from home. For employers whose businesses have been suffering since the outbreak, they have already been through the exercise of redeploying staff so that they will be fully utilized. For employers who have not been able to arrange a redeployment of all staff, they have been directing staff to use up their accrued annual leave as well as agreeing that staff go on periods of unpaid leave.
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