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pending possible introduction of social insurance for medical care, collect higher charges from those who can afford to pay, or where there is clear obligation on another party to pay for treatment. Colonial Secretary - "being carefully examined"
a right to adequate maternity leave, and protection from loss of employ- ment due to pregnancy or confinement, through labour legislation (no financial provision)
Colonial Secretary - "being carefully examined”
amendment of Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, and subsidiary legislation, to
a. raise the earnings ceiling for coverage by this legislation from HK$700 at which it was fixed in 1953 to HK$1500, to take account of the increase in wages and cost of living
b. include domestic servants
c. discontinue exemption of agricultural workers
d. include some servants of the Crown at present excluded
e. set a lower limit to compensation payable so that calculation of benefit on a basis of earnings lower than subsistence level should not be per- missible
f. ensure that compensation for permanent incapacity is not diminished
by benefits properly relating to temporary incapacity
g. make the employer, who is liable for paying compensation in case of employment injury, also responsible for the cost of medical care as a result of that injury and of any necessary prosthesis
h. create a suspended provision (to be brought into force in case of need) ✓ for compulsory insurance with private insurers against all liabilities i. increase maximum amounts of compensation in proportion to the ✓ suggested raising to HK$1500 of the earnings ceiling
j. increase the periodical payments for total temporary incapacity from
one-half to two-thirds of earnings
Colonial Secretary - all "being carefully examined"
three immediate ways of improving security of employment are sug- gested:
1. all employment other than that of an essentially casual nature should
✔ only be terminable with at least one week's notice, or wages in lieu 2. legislation to require employers to make redundancy payments to ǝ employees with long service who are discharged in defined circum-
stances, including insolvency of the employer
3. possible amendment of bankruptcy and company legislation to give ? greater preference and protection to arrears of wages, wages in lieu of
notice, and redundancy payments
Colonial Secretary - "being carefully examined”