Hong Kong to increase compensation levels for work injuries and occupational diseases, effective 17 April 2025

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This adjustment will apply to employees injured at work, persons suffering from pneumoconiosis or mesothelioma, and more categories.

Hong Kong’s Labour Department (LD) has announced that, starting 17 April 2025, the compensation levels for work injuries and occupational diseases will be increased.

This applies to:

• employees injured at work or suffering from prescribed occupational diseases under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO), or family members of deceased employees;
• persons suffering from pneumoconiosis or mesothelioma, or family members of persons who die as a result of these diseases; and
• persons suffering from occupational deafness.

This adjustment will result in an increase of 3.8% to 86.3% in the levels of 18 compensation items under the ECO, the Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance (PMCO), and the Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance (ODCO).

Here are the details:

"Under the established mechanism, the levels of compensation under the ECO, the PMCO and the ODCO are adjusted every two years where appropriate. Adjustments for most compensation items, if required, are normally made in light of the wage movement as reflected by the Nominal Wage Index, or the price movement as reflected by the Consumer Price Index (A) during the relevant period, whereas the levels of some compensation items are adjusted after taking into account other relevant factors," a spokesperson for the LD said.

"The increased levels of compensation will enhance the protection for employees injured at work or sufferers of occupational diseases as well as family members of deceased employees or persons who die of work injuries or occupational diseases."

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