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Ord. No. 54/77
Cessation of employer's liability for
wages paid by principal
contractor,
superior
sub-contractor
or superior
nominated sub-contractor.
EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4)
General
43K. Where any wages are paid to an employee by a principal contractor or superior sub-contractor under sec- tion 43C or by a superior nominated sub-contractor under section 43G, the liability of the employer shall, subject to sections 43F(1) and 43J(1), cease.
Amendment of
the Labour
Tribunal
Ordinance.
(Cap. 25.)
Service of notice.
Employee's rights against
employer not affected.
3.
43L. (1) A notice under section 43D or 43H may be served on a principal contractor or a main nominated sub- contractor respectively and a request under section 43E or 431 may be served on an employer-
(a) by delivering it to him personally;
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(b) by leaving it at his usual address or last known
residential or business address; or
(c) by sending it to him by registered post to any
address referred to in paragraph (b).
(2) Service under subsection (1)(b) shall be deemed to have been effected on the day on which the notice or request is left at the premises.
43M. Nothing in this Part shall prejudice the right of an employee to recover any wages due to him by an employer directly from the employer.".
The Labour Tribunal Ordinance is amended in the Schedule by inserting after paragraph 4 the following new paragraph-
"5. Any question as to-
(a) the right of an employee to payment of wages by a person other than his employer under Part IXA of the Employment Ordinance; and
(b) the amount of such payment.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 29th day of June,
1977.
L. TSE,
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
L. Tse,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.