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ages and into account their ag
for the long service payment inespecting of then offers one.
the cause
learns then semel.
or the factor whether they
the
rara fixed by their employers.
present
Unfortunately, the calculation method of long service payment
worker
new is obviously unfair to young people. Why is it that workers over 41
can get the full amount and those under 40 cannot? In fact, these young
workers have devoted the best years of their lives to the employers. If
the objective of the Kong Service Payment Scheme is really to protect
workers who have worked for a number of years, then there should not be
restuction
any age discrimination.
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Another inconsistency with the spirit of the scheme is that the
Government has intended to treat the Long Service Payment Scheme as a
retirement protection scheme for workers. I believe that the Yong Service
bcecuཕ{ Payment Scheme cannot be treated as another retirement scheme based on
the following reasons First of all, the number of people who are
qualified for long service payment is relatively very small.
the long service payment is calculated according to the final month
iz salary of the employees, but it cannot exceed twelve months of salaries.
of the
Second,
the workers'
So it would not be really very helpful for workers who low
for
are receiving very small salary. Thirdly, within the Long Service Zayment
those
Scheme there is no role over system) and the young workers or miadle-age
will never
workers who change jobs after getting the long service payment are really,
take the payment as their retirement fund.
not provided with fe retirement scheme at all.
Sir, I still believe that if we want to solve the problem of
livelihood for the ageing population in Hong Kong after the nineties, 901,
introduce legislative making it a
Cumpulsory for
the only way is to feree all the employers and employees to jdin a
to fore
contributory provident scheme.
I understand the Government is already