2.
Secretary for Education and Manpower:
Sir, the amount of pay
paid during maternity leave has been a subject which has been
considered from time to time when the legislation has been reviewed
that
but so far the general concensus has been the present level is
reasonable.
Mr. TAM (in Cantonese): Sir, as far as I know, for some of the
women employees on maternity leave, they cannot get pay
accordingly. Will the Government remind the employers that they
should pay according to the leave that the woman workers are
entitled to and should pay on pay-day?
Secretary for Education and Manpower:
Sir, the Labour Department
does stress from time to time in its publicity the provisions of
the Employment Ordinance and it does warn employers against breaches
or the Ordinance and that they are an offence. In addition, of
being
course, if women find that they are abused in this way, it is open
to them to complain to the Labour Relations Office and, if necessary,
to the Labour Tribunal.