Before changing pay for a sick day.

Check the conditions and exceptions

Normally, sickness allowance requires a continuous contract, enough accumulated paid sickness days, at least four consecutive sick days and appropriate medical certification. The four-day threshold has exceptions for pregnancy check-ups, post-confinement medical treatment and miscarriage.

Pregnancy check-ups can use attendance certificates. Specified anti-epidemic movement restrictions have separate proof rules. Apply these only to their stated cases; the official FAQ explains the evidence required.

Source: Labour Department: sick leave and sickness allowance questions and answers勞工處：病假及疾病津貼常見問題（繁體中文）Labour Department: foreign domestic helper sick leave, Q5.1–5.5

Check the unused sickness days

Paid sickness days accumulate at two per completed month during the first twelve months and four per completed month afterwards, up to 120 days. Category 1 holds up to 36; Category 2 up to 84 with additional certificate conditions. Check the category and unused days, not just the current absence.

Source: Labour Department: sick leave and sickness allowance questions and answers勞工處：病假及疾病津貼常見問題（繁體中文）Labour Department: Concise Guide, Chapter 5 — sickness allowance

Use the applicable average wages

The daily allowance is four-fifths of applicable average daily wages. For consecutive sick days, the first day determines the preceding twelve-calendar-month window; shorter employment uses its actual period. Exclude qualifying days and their corresponding wages together. Do not substitute salary divided by thirty.

Fictional example: verified average daily wages of HK$200 × four-fifths × four qualifying days gives HK$640. This is a gross allowance reference, not an automatic top-up or payment record. Check wages already covering those dates before adding an amount.

Source: Labour Department: sick leave and sickness allowance questions and answers勞工處：病假及疾病津貼常見問題（繁體中文）Labour Department: Concise Guide, Chapter 5 — sickness allowance

Check timing and separate protections

Pay sickness allowance no later than the normal payday. Chapter 5 excludes a statutory holiday entitled to holiday pay and employment-injury incapacity for which compensation is payable under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance. Dismissal on paid sickness days is prohibited except summary dismissal for serious misconduct; this guide does not calculate termination entitlements.

Source: Labour Department: Concise Guide, Chapter 5 — sickness allowanceLabour Department: foreign domestic helper sick leave, Q5.1–5.5

Keep the sickness-day record

Keep employment dates, accumulated days by category, days taken and allowance paid for which days. Within seven days after return from paid sick leave, the employee must sign the sickness-day record; it must be available for inspection. Keep medical evidence private and outside this pilot’s uploads.

Source: Labour Department: Concise Guide, Chapter 5 — sickness allowance

Know what this calculator does

The public and private quick calculator’s Paid leave count retains base pay. Detailed Calendar sick-leave dates flag review only. A saved average-wage reference supplies no eligibility decision, statutory sickness-day ledger or allowance posting. Notes and files are not monthly-pay save gates. These limits do not authorize a pay cut or override better contractual terms.