2022 Asia-Pacific Labour Law Comparison Chart
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2022 Asia-Pacific Labour Law Comparison Chart
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Labour Law - Basics (1)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Employment
Minimum Minimum Legal Probation Standard Working Legal Notice Retirement Collective Compulsory Employment Unemployment
disputes
Wage Wage Amount Period Hours Period Age Bargaining Insurance Insurance
channels
The employer decides on
the length of the probation Up to 4 weeks, Workers’ compensation; Public liability
$20.33 AUD 37.5hours or 66 years and Fair Work
Australia ✔️ period. It can range from a depending on the ✔️ insurance; Third party personal injury ✔️
per hour 38hours/ week 6 months Ombudsman
few weeks to a few months length of service insurance
at the start of employment.
1 month for non skilled Up to 3 months, Employment Injury Scheme;
workers depending on the Health Insurance Scheme which is
$194 USD
Cambodia ✔️ 2 months for skilled workers 48hours/ week length of continuous 60 ✔️ N/A covered by National Social Security Fund X
per month
3 months for professional service & type of (NSSF) under Ministry of Labour and
staff employment contract Vocational Training
Depending on The minimum insurance cover should be
No provision that specifies 8hours per day only probation period and no less than $100 million for a company
$37.5 HKD probation period, but applicable to contract provision. Labour Relations with less than 200 employees. Companies
Hong Kong ✔️ 65 X X
per hour standard practice is to have teenagers between 15 7 days if contract does Division offices with more than 200 employees should
a 1-3 month period and 18 years old not include have an insurance coverage no less than
probationary period $200 million.
7 working hours in
1 day or 40 working
Varies depending
hours for 6 working
on province.
days in 1 week; or
Lowest: Labour Unit 6 Months after
Indonesia ✔️ Yogyakarta at No more than 3 months 30 days 58 ✔️ under Ministry BPJS Health and BPJS Manpower termination, with
8 working hours in 1
$128 USD; of Manpower certain criteria
day or 40 working
Highest: Jakarta
hours in 1 week for
at $323 USD
5 working days in
1 week.
Varies nationally,
dependent on
prefecture from Workers' Accident Compensation
40hours/week;
820JPY to 3-6 months, no more than 1 14 days for employees; Insurance; Employment Insurance; Health
Japan ✔️ Overtime should not 65 ✔️ Labour Bureau ✔️
1,041JPY. year 30 days for employers Insurance and Nursing Care Insurance;
exceed 45hrs/month
¥930 JPY per Employees' Pension Insurance
hour - National
Average
N/A
30 days for time-limited Employers must give
32 Patacas 8hours per day, depending on Labour Affairs Work-related accident and sickness
Macau ✔️ contract 90 days for 15 days; 7 days if X ✔️
per hour 48hours per week labour Bureau (DSAL) insurance
timeless contract initiated by employees
contract
Labour Law - Basics (2)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Employment
Minimum Minimum Wage Legal Probation Standard Working Legal Notice Retirement Collective Compulsory Employment Unemployment
disputes
Wage Amount Period Hours Period Age Bargaining Insurance Insurance
channels
✔️ No more than
Up to 6 months, Male - 60 Labour Dispute
Mainland Varies Highest: 2590 40hours/ week, Social insurance and housing
depending on labour 30 days Female - 50 ✔️ Arbitration ✔️
China across Yuan (Shanghai) normally fund
contract period (Under Review) Committee
location 8hours per day
Advance notice in
Minimum wage is
writing is required as per
1500 ringgits per No provision that
agreed terms in Department of Include in
month for major specifies probation 48hours/ week; no Social Security Organization
employment contract. Labour Employment
Malaysia ✔️ towns under 56 period, but standard more than
(Should correspond with
60 ✔️
Peninsular
(SOCSO) & Employment
Insurance System
city and practice is to have a 8hours/ day Insurance System (EIS)
the length of time the Malaysia (EIS)
municipality 3-6 month period
employee has worked for
councils
the company)
$2.60 USD per day Employment Injury Benefit
No more than 8hours/day or 48hours Arbitration
Myanmar ✔️ for 8 hours of work
3 months per week
30 days 62 for civil servants ✔️
Council
Insurance; Health and Social Care X
(4,800 Kyat/MMK) Insurance
Employment
No more than Relations
Depends on 40hours/ week Authority (ERA);
New $21.20 NZD Depending on contract Accident Compensation
✔️ employment depends on 65 ✔️ Employment ✔️
Zealand per hour provision Corporation
agreement employment Court; Human
agreement Rights Review
Tribunal
✔️
Employees shall have the
Only
option to retire and
applicable to
receive retirement pay The National
companies
No more than upon reaching 60 or more Labor Relations Philippine Health Insurance
Philippines ✔️ 537 PHP per day
6 months
8hours/day 30 days
but not beyond 65
with legally
Commission Corporation
X
established
(Employee should have (NLRC)
and duly
served the establishment
registered
for at least 5 years)
labour unionsLabour Law - Basics (3)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Employment
Minimum Minimum Wage Legal Probation Standard Working Legal Notice Retirement Collective Compulsory Employment Unemployment
disputes
Wage Amount Period Hours Period Age Bargaining Insurance Insurance
channels
Current retirement age is
Work injury compensation
✔️ No provision that 62, Singapore will raise Tripartite
insurance for manual workers
cleaning, specifies probation 1 day to 4 weeks, the retirement age to 63 Alliance for
Up to 9hours per day regardless of salary and
Singapore security and N/A period, but standard
or 44hours a week
depending on the length from 1 July 2022, they are ✔️ Dispute
non-manual workers earning
X
landscaping practice is to have a of service also planning to increase Management
$2,100 or less a month. Basic
sector 3-6 month period the retirement age to 65 (TADM)
health insurance
by the end of 2030
No provision that
specifies probation 40hours/ week should Union and/or
South 9,160 KRW
✔️ period, but standard not exceed 30 days 60 ✔️ Department of National social insurances ✔️
Korea per hour
practice is to have a 52hours/week Labor
3-6 month period
Depending on the
Employers must make the
length of service. 10 days
No provision that following social security ✔️
for working period from Ministry of
specifies probation 40hours/week, no contributions: Unemployment
NT$25,250 3 months to 1 year; 20 Labor - Labor
Taiwan ✔️
per month
period, but standard more than
days for working period
65 ✔️
Procedure Act
- National health insurance (NHI) Insurance
practice is to have a 8hrs per day - Labour insurance(include included in Labour
from 1 year to 3 years; (LPA)
1-3 month period employment service insurance) insurance
30 days for working
- New pension
period over 3 years
Work injury compensation
insurance under Workers’
Compensation Act B.E. 2537
Minimum wage (1994)) and the Social Security
Minimum statutory
varies through Depending on Fund is entitled to receive
notice period is one pay Labour
regions, ranging Labour contract, compensation benefits in non
Thailand ✔️
from 313 to generally not
8hours/day period (usually one 60 ✔️ Inspection
work-related cases such as
✔️
month), but no more Officer
336 Baht exceeding 119 days illness, disablement, death,
than 3 months
(Under Review) child welfare, childbirth, and
unemployment as well as old-
age benefits under Social
insurance Act B.E. 2533 (1990)
8hours/day, mustn't Chairman of
Based on the nature 45 days for indefinite
Varies from be more than the county
and complexity of term contracts; 3-30 days
region, 48hours/week people's
the job but probation for definite term. Able to male-60. 6 Social insurance; unemployment
Vietnam ✔️ VND 4.42 Million -
is applied only once terminate immediately female-55.8
✔️ committee;
insurance; health insurance
✔️
VND 3.07 Million Overtime mustn't be Labor
for each job and can for mistreatment and
($134 - $193 USD) more than arbitration
be 6 to 60 days pregnancy
60 hours a week committeeLabour Law - Leave (1)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Statutory Annual Statutory Paid Statutory Statutory Paternity/Parental Leave Statutory Paid Holiday
Paid Leave Sick Leave Maternity Leave (Childcare Leave, if any) per Year
Full-time and part-time employees
10 days each year for full-time employees; pro rata of 10
get 4 weeks of annual leave, based 18 weeks paid leave at the 10-16 days
Australia days each year depending on their hours of work for part- 2 weeks paid leave at the National Minimum Wage
on their ordinary hours of work. National Minimum Wage varies across states
time employees.
Shift workers entitled to 5 weeks.
There is no statutory paid sick leave but it is common for
18 days per year of service with a companies to provide a 3 to 7 days sick leave with hospital 90 days with 50% pay when the Special leave is 7 days per year including emergency,
Cambodia 1 day increase for every supporting document. employee has worked for funeral or sickness of direct family members and 21 days
3 years of services 12 months paternity leave
Applied to 4 consecutive sick leave days with doctors note
14 weeks with 4/5 pay after 13 days statutory holidays,
7-14 days, only. Accumulated by 2-4 days/month,
Hong Kong 40 weeks' services 5 days with 4/5 full pay after 40 weeks' services additional 4 days general
depends on years of services depending on years of service.
holidays
Max 120 days with 4/5 pay
Full Paid for Sick Leave with proof document from Doctor.
Long term leave is paid at 100% the first four months, Depends on the regulation
Indonesia 12 days after 1 year service 3 months with full pay 2 days with full pay
75% the second four months, 50% the third four months from ministry
and then 25% of wages until termination.
The day after child birth (for the father count from day
of child birth) up until day before first birthday. Leave
can be taken by the father or mother at 67% of regular
salary for the first half of leave and 50% for the second
Six weeks before giving birth
half of leave.
10-20 days, and eight weeks after. 16 days National Holidays;
Japan N/A
depends on years of service Maternity allowance is paid as Additional 3 Bank Holidays
From October 1, 2022, male employees will be able to
2/3 regular salary during leave.
take up to four weeks of parental leave within the first
8 weeks of their child's birth. During that time,
employee will also receive benefits at the same rate as
childcare leave benefits.
0.5-6 days, 70 days with full pay after
Macau 6 days Per Year 5 days with full pay after 1 year service 10 days mandatory holiday
depends on duration of services 1 year serviceLabour Law - Leave (2)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Statutory Annual Statutory Paid Statutory Statutory Paternity/Parental Leave Statutory Paid Holiday
Paid Leave Sick Leave Maternity Leave (Childcare Leave, if any) per Year
128 days min. depends on
different situations of
parturition/ Varies across 5 days min of childcare leave for
Mainland 5-15 days,
3-24 months, depending on years of services locations. children under 3-year-old 11 days
China depends on years of services
Varies across locations
158 days maternity leave in
Beijing and Shanghai
Private enterprise employers are not required to
8-16 days, 14-22 days per year depending on years of service; provide paternity leave. 14-21 days
Malaysia depends on years of service and up to 60 days if hospitalisation is required
Min. 60 days
Public sector employees are given 7-14 days varies across states
6 weeks before the birth of the
child and 8 weeks after the 15 days - Paid at 70% of the average wage for the 26 days
Myanmar 10 days 30 days (with medical certificate)
birth, with an extra four weeks in previous year (6 days statutory casual leave)
case of twins/multiple births
26 weeks paid leave and up to
52 weeks of unpaid leave,
New 4 weeks at the rate of average
10 days with normal wage depends on criteria for 1-2 weeks unpaid leave depends on years of service 11 days
Zealand 12 months earnings
6 months or 12 months of
employment
10 days regular national
There are two types of statutory parental leaves:
holidays; 6 Special Non
a. Paternity Leave – 7 days with full pay
There is no statutory paid sick leave but it is common for Working Holidays (with
Philippines 5 days after 1 year service
companies to provide a 12 days sick leave
105 days with full pay b. Solo-Parent Leave - parental leave of not more than
additional Special Holidays
seven (7) working days every year
declared through Presidential
Proclamations)Labour Law - Leave (3)
*All information was taken from corresponding government official and intended for comparison purposes.
Information is accurate as of May 2022. For legal use, please refer to government resources
Statutory Annual Statutory Paid Statutory Statutory Paternity/Parental Leave Statutory Paid Holiday
Paid Leave Sick Leave Maternity Leave (Childcare Leave, if any) per Year
Paternity Leave - Share up to 4 weeks of your spouse’s
16 weeks of Government paid maternity leave.
Childcare Leave - Eligible working parents of Singapore
citizen children (Youngest child below 7 years old) are
entitled to 6 days of paid childcare leave per year.
7-14 days, 14 days per year; and up to 60 days if hospitalisation is
Singapore depends on years of service required
16 weeks with full pay Parents of non-citizens with youngest child below 11days
7 years old can get 2 days of childcare leave a year.
Extended Childcare Leave - Eligible working parents of
Singapore citizen children (Child is between 7 and 12
years old) are entitled to 2 days of paid extended
childcare leave per year.
Paternity Leave: 10 days of paid paternity leave within
90-120 days, depends on
90 days of a child’s birth
South 11-25 days, numbers of children (fully paid
N/A 16 days
Korea depends on years of service for 60 days but, SME is
Parental Leave: at least 30 days but up to 1 year per
subsidized by the government.)
child who is under 8 years old
1. For the non-hospitalized, a total of less than thirty days Parental Leave: After being in service for six months,
11 days national day holidays
in one year; 8 weeks with full pay after employees may apply for parental leave without pay
3-30 days, plus 1 labour day for private
Taiwan depends on years of services
2. For the hospitalized, not exceeding one year; 6 months' services, 50% pay for before any of their children reach the age of three
sector workers
3. The total of hospitalized and non-hospitalized sick leave services less than 6 months years old. The period may not exceed two years (7 days
shall not exceed one year of paid paternity leave)
It is only applicable to the employee who is working An Employer shall announce
Thailand 6 days 30 days 98 days with Government sector. It is not a mandatory for the not less than thirteen (13)
Private sector and it is depending to company policy. traditional holidays per year
Short-term treatment: 30-70 days depends on the
working conditions and years of social insurance
premiums 6 months with full pay for one
12-16 days, child. In case of twins or more,
depends on the danger level of the Long-term treatment: up to 180 days per year. from the second child onwards,
Vietnam job, and add 1 day more for every 5 for each child, the mother is
5-14 days paid leave 17 days
years After 180 days, employees still needing treatment entitled to 1 more month of
continue to be entitled to the paid sick leave regime at a leave
lower level but not exceed the period of social insurance
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