A BILL
To
Amend the Employment Ordinance.
ANNEX TO XCR (79)52
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
short title.
Amendment of section
4.
(cap. 57.)
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1979.
2.
Section 4(2)(a) of the principal Ordinance is
amended by deleting "$2,000" and substituting the
following -
"$5,000".
Amendment
of section 31 G.
3. Section 31,G of the principal ordinance is
amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting
the following
"(2) Where an employee who is employed otherwise
than by way of manual labour is dismissed by reason
of redundancy or is laid off and at the time of
such dismissal or lay-off
(a) was earning wages not exceeding
$5,000 per month; or