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The
contract must also specify the employer's
liability to pay for medical
medical expenses and compensation for
work injury. In essence, the rights and obligations defined
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in the contract must be broadly in line with those provided
under
Employment Ordinance and the Employees'
the
Compensation Ordinance, both of which relate to employees in
Hong Kong.
Insofa
ar
as manual workers are
concerned,
the
protection provided by the Contracts for Employment Outside
Hong Kong Ordinance is considered adequate. An employer or
fails to enter into a his agent may be prosecuted if he
written contract with a manual worker before departure or
induces the worker to depart from Hong Kong for employment
the before
is attested. Upon conviction,
an
contract
employer is
liable
to
a
In fine of $50,000.
1987,
four
prosecutions were taken out against employers for offences
in four convictions with
cap
under
resulted in the ordinance and
fines totalling $8,000.
The Labour Department assists workers in settling
If conciliation fails a
disputes by conciliation.
case may
be referred to the Labour Tribunal for adjudication upon
Labour
from
request
the parties involved. In 1987, the
Department handled 65 disputes of this nature and helped to
Thirty-three cases were referred to the Labour
settle 26.
Tribunal
withdrawn.
for adjudication and the remaining six
were