SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1977
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WARNING AGAINST ILLEGAL DISMISSAL OF WORKERS
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EMPLOYERS MUST NOT DISMISS WORKERS DURING THEIR PERIOD OF SICK LEAVE AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY SUSTAINED AT WORK, .ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, SAID TODAY.
MR. LIN WAS COMMENTING ON A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH AN EMPLOYER ENGAGED IN THE CONTAINER BUSINESS WAS FINED $500 PLUS $250 IN COST BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR DISMISSING A WORKER WHO WAS INJURED WHILE AT WORK AND WAS STILL ON SICK LEAVE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DISMISSAL CONSTITUTED AN OFFENCE AGAINST SECTION 48 OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
THE ORDIANCE STIPULATES THAT AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, TERMINATE THE CONTRACT OF SERVICE OR APPRENTICESHIP OF A WORKMAN WHO HAS SUFFERED INCAPACITY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH ENTITLE HIM TO WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, UNTIL EITHER THE WORKMAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER AS FIT TO RESUME WORK, OR COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT INCAPACITY BECOMES PAYABLE TO THE WORKMAN.
+AN EMPLOYER WHO CONTRAVENES THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE AND SHALL BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2,000, + MR. LIN ADDED.
SUMMER COURSES FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS ******
TWO SUMMER COURSES FOR IN-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE WILL START ON MONDAY (JULY 11) AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BONHAM ROAD ANNEXE.
THESE COURSES, ORGANISED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AIM AT ACQUAINTING THE PARTICIPATING TEACHERS WITH APPROACHES TO AND METHODS OF TEACHING THE SCIENCE SYLLABUS AT FORMS 1-3 LEVEL.
THE FIRST COURSE RUNS FROM JULY 11 TO JULY 21, AND THE SECOND COURSE FROM AUGUST 17 TO AUGUST 26, 380 TEACHERS WILL ATTEND THE COURSES IN VARIOUS COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MR, AUTHUR BROWN WILL GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 9.45 A.M. AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BONHAM ROAD ANNEXE, BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT.
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