About Employment Support Scheme (ESS)

Introduction

• To maintain employment during the epidemic by providing time-limited financial support to employers to retain their employees who will otherwise be made redundant.
• All employers who have been making Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contributions or have set up Occupational Retirement Schemes (ORSO schemes) for their employees will be eligible for ESS, except those on the exclusion list.

 

 

Employer (MPF)

 

 

Self-employed (MPF)

 

 

Employer (ORSO)

Information Published by the Government

ESS official website: https://www.ess.gov.hk/en/

ESS Media Briefing about Application Procedure on 18 May 2020 (Chinese only)

• Presentations slides (including consequences of breaching the undertaking)
• ESS application demonstration

ESS Frequently Asked Questions and List of organisations excluded from the ESS

First tranche of wage subsidy under the Employment Support Scheme to receive application from May 25 (with video)