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Job seekers who are eligible for joining Employment Programme for the Elderly and Middle-aged (EPEM) must (i) be Hong Kong residents aged 40 or above at the time of employment, (ii) have an unemployment period of not less than 1 month within 1 year prior to the commencement date of employment, (iii) be lawfully employable in Hong Kong(Note 1), (iv) not be the specified classes of persons(Note 2), and (v) be registered as an employment service user with job centres of LD. Eligible job seekers under EPEM will be provided with mentors and on-the job training by employers. This will enable job seekers to acquire essential job-specific skills.
(Note 1)
For the definition of "lawfully employable in Hong Kong", please visit the webpage of the Immigration Department: https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/useful_information/dont-employ-illegal.htmlFor the avoidance of doubt, persons and their dependants admitted to Hong Kong on employment and student conditions are not eligible to join EPEM.
(Note 2)
Refer to persons and their dependants who have been admitted to Hong Kong through various admission schemes for talents and capital investors. Such schemes include, but are not limited to, the Top Talent Pass Scheme, the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates, the General Employment Policy (GEP), the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals (ASMTP), the GEP and ASMTP (Technical Professionals Stream), the Technology Talent Admission Scheme, the Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents, the Vocational Professionals Admission Scheme, the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme and the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme.
Prior registration as an employment service user under EPEM is not required for job seekers. After job seekers have secured full-time or part-time (part-time means (1) employed under a continuous contract(Note); and (2) working hours of (i) less than 30 hours per week, or (ii) less than 120 hours in every four-week period) employment from long-term job vacancies accepted for display by the Labour Department (LD), and their employers have submitted the completed "Preliminary Application Form for On-the-Job Training" (1,054KB) to LD within the first month of employment, they can complete the relevant registration procedures at any job centre.
(Note)
The new requirement of "continuous contract" is applicable from 18 January 2026@. An employee is regarded as being employed under a "continuous contract" if the following criteria are met:
- the employee has been employed continuously by the same employer for four weeks or more; and
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the employee has met one of the working hours requirements:
- worked for at least 17 hours each week; or
- (if worked less than 17 hours in any week) worked for the employer concerned for 68 hours or more in a four-week period comprising that week and the three weeks next preceding that week.
@ The new requirement has no retrospective effect. For an employment period before this date, an employee is required to be employed continuously by the same employer for four weeks or more and has worked for at least 18 hours or more each week to meet the "continuous contract" requirement.
Job seekers can apply for the post direct or through referrals of LD, depending on the application method selected by employers.
Employment Advisory Service
Elderly and middle-aged job seekers can meet with employment officers at Job Centres and receive employment advisory services to discuss their employment needs, to improve job seeking techniques, to obtain information on labour market and training/retraining courses. If you want to make appointment with our employment officer, please approach our Job Centres or click here to submit online application.