The HKSAR Government has launched the "Employment Support Scheme" (ESS) under the second round of the "Anti-epidemic Fund" to provide time-limited financial support to employers to retain employees who may otherwise be made redundant. Published: 2:02pm, 7 Apr, 2022. Updated: 8:34pm, 7 Apr, 2022. The latest ESS will offer employers up to HK$8,000 a month per eligible worker for three months - less than the maximum of HK.
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Eligible employers will receive up to HK$8,000 wage subsidies per month for each eligible employee for a period of three months, i.e. May, June and July 2022, while eligible self-employed persons can also apply for a one-off subsidy. For example, if an employee resigns in early-May 2022 serving one month's notice and the employer foresees that it may not be able to find a replacement in June 2022 or the total wages of the departing employee is less than the relevant subsidy in June 2022, then the employer should change the number of Subsidised Employees to avoid any.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the funding application was passed by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Tuesday (12 April 2022) for an injection of HK$43bn into the Anti-Epidemic Fund (AEF) to implement the 2022 ESS. According to the refined version of the 2022 ESS, the enhancement measures include: 香港特別行政區政府在「防疫抗疫基金」下推出「2022保就業」計劃(本計劃),向僱主提供為期三個月(即2022年5月、6月和7月)的工資補貼,以協助他們保留現時僱員,甚至在疫情許可的情況下重振業務時增聘員工。合資格的自僱人士亦可申請一筆過資助。 
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Employees with monthly salary less than HK$8,000 will receive a subsidy of HK$4,000 per month; The scope of the 2022 ESS will be expanded to cover employees aged 65 with an active MPF account and self-employed persons. The refined ESS will now look like this: There are several key areas of note in the 2022 ESS as announced by Hong Kong's Chief Executive: 1. Monthly HK$30,000 Salary Cap Removed Originally, full-time employees earning more than HK$30,000 will be ineligible, but this cap has now been lifted. 2. Employers Can Use Headcount During Q4 in 2021
The 2022 ESS provides three-month wage subsidies (i.e. May to July 2022) to eligible employers. There are a two-tier subsidy rates - a flat rate of $8,000 per month for each eligible employee with monthly income of $8,000 or more; and a flat rate of $4,000 per month for each employee with monthly income of $3,000 or more but less than $8,000. EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SCHEME (ESS) 2022 admin March 27, 2022 Hong Kong Government announced to launch a new tranche of Employment Support Scheme (ESS). Due to the 5 th wave of COVID attacked hardly on the economy, the government budgets $26-$31 billion wage subsidy to safeguard local jobs. What is the objective of ESS? 
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has launched the 2022 Employment Support Scheme ("the Scheme") under the Anti-epidemic Fund to provide wage subsidies to employers for three months (i.e. May, June and July 2022) to retain their current employees or even employ more staff when the business revives as soon as the epidemic. The Hong Kong government announced on 18 March 2022 a new round of Employment Support Scheme ("ESS 2022") in response to the "fifth-wave" of the Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, and.
The Hong Kong government announced on 18 March 2022 its plan to launch a new round of Employment Support Scheme (ESS). The 2022 ESS, which aims to support eligible employees by providing three months of wage subsidies to their employers, is expected to benefit approximately 1.1 million to 1.3 million employees. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the funding application was passed by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Tuesday (12 April 2022) for an injection of HK$43bn into the Anti-Epidemic Fund (AEF) to implement the 2022 ESS. According to the refined version of the 2022 ESS, the enhancement measures include: ![]()
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The Government will notify the first batch of around 45 000 employers of their successful applications for the 2022 Employment Support Scheme (2022 ESS) starting from today (May 10). Applicants can log in to the 2022 ESS website to check the amount of wage subsidy granted and the committed employee headcount during the subsidy period. Announcing details of the 2022 ESS at a press conference this morning, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said compared to the first round that was introduced in 2020, this particular scheme will be more focused on helping small and medium-sized enterprises. "This scheme is intended to support employees through providing wage subsidies to their employers.







