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PROPOSALS RECEIVED AND
CNING GROUP'S R.COND TIOUS
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3.1
The orking Group vent on to study the various proposals concerning maternity protection and benefits which were submitted to the Government in 1978 or which had appeared in newspapers since the beginning of 1978. A sumery of all the proposals is at appendix 9.
The orking Croup noted et hitherto the answers given by the
Goverment on this subject (including answers to questions in the Legislative Council on two occasions, January 1977 and October 1978)
were on the lines tt:
3.2
(a) the aternity protection provisions in the
ployment Ordinance (Chapter 57) were adequate; (b) steps to improve conditions and terms of service
conferring maternity benefits as opposed to
protection s'ould continue to be a matter of
negotiation and agreement between employers and
their employees;
(c) it was probably inappropriate to intro^uce paid
maternity leave benefits in the context of the
ployment Crdinance as IO Convention No. 103 (naternity protection, 1957) stipulate, inter
alia, that in no case should the employer be
individually liable for the cost of these benefits;
and
(c) any new proporals would be examined as part of the
continuing review of labour and social provisions
in Tong Long •
The Working roup recalled the Governor's statement made
in the Legislative Council in Cctober 1976 that Hong Kong should
set itself the target of achieving a level of lerislation governing
safety, healt' and conditions of employment broadly equivalent to
the best in force in our neighbouring Asian countries excluding
aving examined all the proposals in Appendix 9, the
Japan.
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