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Furpose
Review of To carry out a compre- Employees' hensive review of the Compensation Ordinance and to make Crdinance recommendations to rectify
any deficiencies.
6. Extended
Sickness Eenefit and Ieath Grant (New Item)
7. Feview of Severance Iayment 1rovisions
(New Item)
SOCIAL WELFARE
To amend the Employment Ordinance to provide for extended sickness benefit and death grant.
To amend the Employment Ordinance to provide for réviséd severance pay.
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Progress made and present position
A third 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 is being prepared↓
Next quarter target
To submit bill to Executive Council..
Following approval of the proposals in To consider draft place of the Sickness, Injury and Deathbill when available. Benefits Scheme by the Governor-in- Council on 28 July 1981, drafting approval for Employment (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill was given by the Secretary for Social Services on 21 August
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Following consideration of proposals by the Labour Advisory Board drafting approval for Employment (Amendment) (No. 5) Bill was given by the Secretary
for Social Services on 2 October to provide in the main for the calculation of severance pay at 2/3 of pay (instead of 1⁄2), a reduction in the qualifying period of service from 2 years to 1 year and the waiving of the requirement for employees to give written notice of claim.
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To consider draft bill when available.
8. Recommendations To pursue matters arisingFollowing the endorsement of the broad To monitor the
of the 1980 from the Working Party
Working Party Report:
principles for a new subvention system application of the by Social Welfare Advisory Committee. new system in the
on Provision (a) the roles of Govern-(SWAC) and Rehabilitation Development 1982/83 draft
of Social
Welfare
Services and
Subvention
ment and voluntary
agencies in the
provision of social
welfare services;
Administration (b) future arrangements
for allocating
subventions to
voluntary agencies;and
Co-ordinating Committee (RDCC), FinanceEstimate. Committee approved the financial
implications of the new system on 28 October.
(c) the scope and arrange-
ment of the Lotteries
Fund.
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