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Subject
LABOUR
9. Review of
Employees' Compensation Ordinance
Purpose
To carry out a comprehen- sive review of the Ordinance and to make recommendations to rectify any deficiencies.
Progress made and present position Next quarter targ
:
The second draft of an amending bill to provide for compulsory insurance, establishment of a two- tier compensation board and measures to expedite the processing of claims was received from the Law Draftsman on 24 July.
To process the second draft.
SOCIAL WELFARE
10. Working
Party on Provision of Social Welfare Services and Sub-
Administra-
vention
tion
11. Proposed
Sickness, Injury and Death Benefit
Scheme
To review the roles of Government and voluntary agencies in the provision of social welfare services, to recommend future arrangements for allocating subventions to voluntary agencies and to review the scope and arrangement of the Lotteries Fund.
To give further considera tion to the proposals contained in the Green Paper on Social Security.
The broad pinciples for a new subvention system had been dis- cussed and agreed by the Social Welfare Advisory Committee (SWAC) at its meeting on 21 July.
.
The advice of SWAC and Labour Advisory Board on improved sickness benefits for employees and a death
The grant had been sought. finalized proposals were approved by the Governor-in-Council on 28 July.
To seek the advice of the Rehabilita- tion Development Co-ordinating Committee at its meeting in mid- August and to apply the new criteria in 1982/83 draft Estimates.
To prepare
drafting instruc- tions for amending the Employment Ordinance.
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