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6.
Question No. 6
Protection of workers comploited by suber cost lectors
Reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower to Question by the Hon. TAM Xiu-chung
in the Legislative Council on 1 February 1988 in the
MR. TAM asked (in Cantonese):
Question No. 6: In view of the increasing popularity of the
contracting system" in certain trades, will Government inform this Council whether workers employed under this system will still receive full protection under existing labour legislation and, if not, in what ways they are not protected; and what measures will be taken to give them the full protection they deserve?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Answer:
Sir,
The short
answer is that workers employed by a
루프루
entitled to
full protection under existing
sub-contractor
labour legislation. Likewise employers who are subcontractors
must comply with all their obligations as employers under the
legislation.
Subcontracting is most common in the construction
it is in fact the norm rather than the
In
1977, in response to
evident problems of
indust ry whe re
exception.
non-payment of wages by sub
ubcontractors in
in the construction0)
industry a new part was added to the Employment Ordinance
and subcontractors
stipulating that principal contractors and
that industry are vicariously liable for the
subfcont
atra
in
unpaid wages of an
employee employed by a sub cont ractor. There appears to be no
need at present to extend these provisions to other industries
or occupations.
Under the Employees