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Subject
LABOUR
9.Review of
Employees' Compensation Ordinance
10.Employment
(Amendment) Bill (sick-
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ness benefits
and death
grant)
1.Employment
(Amendment)
Bill
(Severance Pay)
Furpose
To carry out a compre- hensive review of the Ordinance and make recommendations to rectify any deficiencies.
To extend sickness benefits and to provide death grant.
To review the provisions on severance pay.
Progress made and present position
Next quarter target
To gazette the
comments.
On 20 July the Governor in Council approved the amendment bill subject to Bill for public the inclusion of a clause to permit the Governor in Council to require advance notification of premia (e.g. should it be suspected that a cartel was operating) and the addition of an option of a bank guarantee in lieu of insurance.
Bill delayed for reconsideration of death grant provisions.
To submit the Bill Ito Executive
Council.
Executive Council paper being finalisedTo submit to
12.Review of the To increase the number of The Employment (Amendment) Bill 1982
provision of statutory holidays under was passed on 18 May.
the Employment Ordinance.
statutory holidays
3.International To seek to improve the
Labour Conventions
(ILO)
application of ILO
Conventions to Hong Kong.
The aggregate situation to date is:
Applied without modification Applied with modification Decision reserved
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19
24
Executive Council.
Action completed.
To consider improved declaration in
respect of ther conventions.
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