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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1983
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BUT, BY FAR, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
WERE MADE IN PERSON AT ABOUT 41 PER CENT OF A TOTAL OF 313 990 POLICE STATIONS.
NEXT CAME THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS MADE BY TELEPHONE 91 385 CALLS OR 29 PER CENT. OF THESE, 68 061 OR SOME 75 PER CENT WERE MADE TO THE 999 CONTROL CENTRES.
''IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MORE PEOPLE REALISE THAT THIS IS THE MOST DIRECT AND THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET HELP FROM THE POLICE, THE SPOKESMAN NOTED.
REPORT CENTRES CONTINUED TO BE HIGHLY UTILISED, WITH 75 358 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. THIS REPRESENTED 24 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL.
IN THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD, 197 REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED BY MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES ON PATROL.
VIEWS SOUGHT ON PAID SICK LEAVE PROPOSALS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS INVITING VIEWS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE BILL WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE RATE OF PAID SICK LEAVE FOR ALL MANUAL WORKERS AND NON-MANUAL WORKERS EARNING NOT MORE THAN $7 500 A MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND EMPLOYEES' UNIONS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS MAY FORWARD THEIR VIEWS OR COMMENTS IN WRITING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF LEE GARDENS IN HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10, 1983.
A SUMMARY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE UMELCO OFFICE.
THE BILL PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE RATE OF PAID SICK LEAVE FROM ONE DAY PER MONTH TO TWO DAYS PER MONTH IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT AND TO FOUR DAYS A MONTH THEREAFTER, AND TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAID SICK LEAVE DAYS THAT MAY BE ACCUMULATED FROM 36 DAYS TO 120 DAYS. HOWEVER, AN EMPLOYEE MAY ONLY TAKE UP TO 90 DAYS OF PAID SICK LEAVE DURING ANY ONE SICKNESS IF HE DOES NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALISATION, AND UP TO 120 DAYS IF HOSPITALISATION IS REQUIRED.
THE BILL ALSO PROPOSES TO PROHIBIT THE TERMINATION OF SERVICE OF AN EMPLOYEE DURING ANY PERIOD OF PAID SICK LEAVE. UNLESS HIS EMPLOYER PAYS WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE, AN ADDITIONAL SUM EQUAL TO SEVEN DAYS' WAGES AND THE FULL SICKNESS ALLOWANCE TO WHICH HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED DURING HIS SICKNESS.
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