CHAPTER IV
DETAILED FINDINGS
Section A
Information and opinion from employers
1.
Priorities accorded to the proposals in the Green Paper
Question 1.
When an employee is unable to work because of sickness,
does your company consider whether the employer has the
responsibility to pay him wages or salary?
(1) The employer has sole responsibility.
(2)
The employer has part of the responsibility.
Findings:
(3) The employer has no responsibility.
(4) Others.
48.4% of the employers (N 450) considered part of their
responsibility to pay their employees wages or salary when an employee
was unable to work because of sickness. 28.2% of the employers considered
that they had sole responsibility towards such payment and 12.9% of the
employers considered that they had no such responsibility. 10.4% specified
other considerations. (Table 10002)
Question 2. Whose responsibility, the employer's or the employees',
does your company consider it is to contribute to the
employees' medical expenses?
(1) The employer has sole responsibility.
(2) Shared between the employer and employee.
(3) The employees have sole responsibility.
(4)
Others.
Findings:
41.1% of the employers (N
=
24
450) felt that the employees' medical
expenses should be shared between the employers and employees. 14.7%
considered that they had sole responsibility while 33.8% considered that
employees should pay all their medical expenses. 10.4% specified
other considerations.
(Table 1003)