THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1983
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IF AN EMPLOYEE GETS HURT WHILE AT WORK ON OR AFTER JULY 1 WITHOUT SUFFERING FROM PERMANENT INCAPACITY AND IS GIVEN SICK LEAVE OF NOT MORE THAN 14 DAYS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE A +CERTIFICATE OF COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT TO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER, SPELLING OUT DETAILS OF ASSESSMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION.
THE COMPENSATION SHOULD BE PAID WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER THE CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED, OTHERWISE A SURCHARGE WOULD BE IMPOSED.
IF AN EMPLOYEE IS GIVEN SICK LEAVE OF MORE THAN 14 DAYS, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OF COMPENSATION WITH THE EMPLOYEE WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A NOTIFICATION OF CESSATION OF PERIOD OF TEMPORARY INCAPACITY+ FROM THE DEPARTMENT. IF THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM PERMANENT INCAPACITY, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A +CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSMENT FROM THE BOARDS.
THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER IT IS SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES.
COMPENSATION SHOULD BE PAID WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER THE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED, OTHERWISE A SURCHARGE WILL BE IMPOSED.
ANY EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE WHO DISAGREES WITH THE +CERTIFICATE OF COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT+ OR THE CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSMENT+ MAY, BY WRITING WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED, ASK FOR A REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT ON THE BOARDS RESPECTIVELY.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THE LEVELS OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES DURING ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON OR AFTER JULY 1, ARE TO BE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR DEATH IS TO BE INCREASED FROM $168 000 TO $242 000 AND THAT FOR PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY FROM $192 000 KTO $276 000.
ANYONE WHO HAS INQUIRIES ABOUT THE ORDINANCE MAY CONTACT THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION ON THE FOLLOWING TELEPHONES:
5-795592 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND
3-688468 FOR KOWLOON WEST:
3-688662 FOR KOWLOON EAST AND NEW TERRITORIES EAST;
3-7562303 FOR KWUN TONG;
0-439781 FOR TSUEN WAN ; AND
0-467744 FOR KWAI CHUNG.
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