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Clause 12 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 40
of the Ordinance SO that employers' insurance liability in
limited to respect of work injuries outside Hong Kong is
statutory liability under the Ordinance and damages under
common law awarded by a Hong Kong court. This is necessary
because it would not be appropriate to
to require insurance
outside Hong Kong.
cover for damages awarded by, a court
This amendment has the support of the insurance industry.
It is proposed to have a three-month notice period
from the date of enactment before these provisions take
effect, So
to allow employers time to obtain the
necessary insurance cover.
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The Bill also provides for a second major
our Employee Compensation System.
Clause
improvement to
4(a) extends the scope of the Certificate of Compensation
Assessment system to cover cases involving injuries
5 resulting in not more than five per cent permanent
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incapacity. This quick and effective system has already had
a dramatic effect in shortening the time needed to settle
percent 838 of
will
employee compensation cases. This amendment
per cent
increase to 98 the proportion of
of cases dealt with by this
very successful method.
Other clauses of the Bill introduce minor
amendments to the existing Ordinance.
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