Updated for the 2026 Minimum Allowable Wage: HK$5,220 a month for contracts signed on or after 3 October 2026. • Helpers you add now default to the new rate. • Already paying HK$5,100? MaidDay shows a short note instead of a warning. Which rate applies depends on the date the contract was signed, and a contract signed before 3 October at HK$5,100 is perfectly lawful. • Salaries below HK$5,100 still get the below-minimum warning.

Choose how pay periods are counted. Some employers pay from the contract start date (the 14th to the 13th), others settle by calendar month with a month-end payday — MaidDay now supports both, set per helper. • New "Pay period type" setting in each helper's profile. • Calendar-month mode always runs whole months, with payday at month end. • The joining month is pro-rated automatically: days before employment are itemised as a deduction, so the first payslip matches the days actually employed — and those days are locked on the calendar. • PDF fix: the final-settlement export now itemises the unworked-days deduction that was already reflected in the total.

Archive a helper whose contract has ended. Her whole record — calendar, salary breakdowns, final settlement, PDF export — stays exactly as it was, read-only, ready whenever you need to look something up. No more deleting a finished contract just to make room for the next one. • Archived helpers move to their own list, clearly marked, one tap away. • Every past month can still be reviewed and exported as a PDF — useful long after a contract ends, from tax questions to Labour Tribunal paperwork. • A new helper always gets a fresh record. Nothing from a previous helper can ever carry over into a new hire's calendar. • Payday reminders stop for archived helpers, so you are never nagged about someone who has left. • Statutory and general holiday dates for 2027 are now built in, including the Lunar New Year dates the gazette shifts because a festival falls on a Sunday.

Contract-end settlement. When a helper's employment ends, MaidDay now works out the final payment for you. • Tells you whether severance (遣散費) or long service payment (長期服務金) applies — and when neither does, it says why rather than just showing zero. • Handles the case most employers miss: not renewing a 2-year contract counts as dismissal under the Employment Ordinance, so long service payment can be owed after 5 years without any dismissal at all. • Annual leave now accrues with service, so a part-year departure is pro-rated correctly instead of paying a full year's entitlement. • Payment in lieu of notice, in whichever direction it runs — and a waiver switch when you agreed to the early departure. • Return passage, travel allowance, and a signed bilingual settlement statement with tick-boxes for the air ticket, release letter and Immigration notification. Fixed: the last working day was one day late. One month's notice given on 16 July now correctly ends on 15 August.

Half-day records are here. • Record Annual Leave, Sick Leave and Absent as either a full or half day. • Salary estimates, leave totals, calendar markers and PDF summaries update automatically. • Existing records remain full days unless you choose otherwise. We’ve also made small reliability and usability improvements.

New in MaidDay 1.0.1: • Added the Absent (曠工) day type, which deducts one daily rate and does not allow overtime. • Made the Legend and Salary Breakdown panels collapsible for a cleaner calendar. • The total payable remains visible for quick reference. • General reliability improvements.