M

le

has

Clause 2 requires the employee

on his other

concurrent

to

provide

employments

to his

information employer on request. This will enable the employer to take out full insurance coverage for his liability under Section

one of his 11(7) of the Ordinance. This provides that when/an employees

concurrent contracts with two or more employers and is injured in his part-time employment, his monthly earnings for the purpose of computing compensation will be

all the concurrent contracts. total of his earnings under

This method of reckoning earnings will employee fails to supply the particulars requested by the

employer.

the sum

not apply if the

Clause 3 of the Bill raises the ceiling of

employer's advance payment

injured employee

to $20,000 a pending case from $10,000 dependants in order to reflect wage and cost of living increases.

an

to an

or his

in

Clause 5 requires that objections to the assessment

of a compensation assessment board must be made through the

Commissioner

for

This Labour.

will enable

the

extended

Certificate of

Compensation

system Assessment

to

be

implemented more effectively.

At present it is not an offence for an employer not

to pay the compensation or the surcharge.

Clauses 4(d) and

7(c) make it an offence with a maximum penalty of a fine of

$10,000.

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