GF 323
CONFIDENTIAL ##
機密
12
3.6
In theory there Are a number of possible methods
of funding maternity benefits, including:
(a) the establishment of an employers' fund to which employers of female workers would contribute according to the number of fennle workers they employ and the estimated total" capital outlay, the fund's management being vested in contral administrative machinery
financed and run by employers;
(b) the establishment of a fund similar to (a) above
but administered by the Government;
(c) the establishment of a fund to which both
employers and female workers would contribute,
its management being vested in central administrative machinery financed and run by employers;
(a) the establishment fo fund similar to (c) above,
but administered by the Government;
(e) the establishment of a fund to which female
workers would contribute and which would be admini- stored by central administrative nachinery financed
and-run by fonale workers;
(f) the est-blishment of a fund similar to (c) above,
but administered by the Government;
(g) the establishment of a schone solely financed
and operated by the G vernment; and
(h) extending individual employers' present liability
under the Employment Ordinance (Chapter 57) to
cover increased maternity benefits.
Elaborate rec ris
In the Working Group's vicw, alternatives (n) - (f) were impracticable because there would be gront difficulty in assessing contributions equitably and in ensuring that contributions were made according to the exact number of female workers involved. wuld need to be kept, and the contral administrative machinery would be complex and costly to maintain. Koreover, there would seen to be little point in alternatives (a) and (b) since employers could just as easily pay fonale workers direct and thus save the cost of Nor would there maintaining the contral administrative machinery.
CONFIDENTIAL
機密