THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986
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FS MEETS THE PRESS
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, WILL MEET THE PRESS ON DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TERRITORY'S FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECTORS IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 3.30 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
OWNER FINED FOR EMPLOYING WOMEN ON REST DAY
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO EMPLOY WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS TO WORK ON SPECIFIED REST DAY.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE OWNER OF A GARMENT FACTORY WAS RECENTLY FINED $5 000 BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR EMPLOYING 26 WOMEN ON A SUNDAY WHICH WAS THE IR SPECIFIED REST DAY.
+ THE FINE IMPOSED WAS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY LAID DOWN UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, HE SAID.
UNDER THE REGULATIONS, WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY ARE ENTITLED TO A DAY OFF EVERY WEEK AND ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WORK ON THAT DAY.
+THE REST DAY SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS THE EMPLOYER HAS SERVED ON THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR A NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REST DAY, OF HIS INTENTION TO MAKE SUCH CHANGE 48 HOURS BEFORE IT COMES INTO OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE REGULATIONS ALSO STIPULATE THAT SUCH CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE MADE MORE THAN ONCE IN EVERY MONTH, EXCEPT WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.+
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