SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1988
STEPPED-UP ACTION AGAINST II EMPLOYMENT
*
THE
LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN NON-- INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
EMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT A
SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
ESTABLISHMENTS EMPHASIS WOULD BE GIVEN TO
EMPLOYED, RANGING WERE LIKELY TO BE
UP ACTION AGAINST THE BOTH INDUSTRIAL
AND
THAT (SUNDAY)
SPECIAL
WHERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES AND
FACTORIES TO COOKED FOOD STALLS AND GARAGES.
THAN
89,000
INSPECTIONS
WERE MADE BY THE ENFORCE PART IV B OF THE PROHIBITS THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS
LAST YEAR, MORE LABOUR INSPECTORATE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
WHICH
WITHOUT VALID PROOF OF IDENTITY.
OF AS A RESULT, 206 EMPLOYEES WERE DISCOVERED TO HAVE NO PROOF
FOR FURTHER IDENTITY AND WERE REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION.
DURING THE COURSE OF VISITS LABOUR INSPECTORS ALSO DISCOVERED IMPROPER RECORDS THAT 91 EMPLOYERS HAD EITHER FAILED TO KEEP OR KEPT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THIS RESULTED IN 15 PROSECUTIONS BEING TAKEN OUT EMPLOYERS LAST YEAR.
AGAINST SUCH
THE
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER PART IVB OF
AN UP-TO-DATE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, EMPLOYERS WERE REQUIRED TO KEEP RECORD OF ALL THE PEOPLE THEY EMPLOYED IN THE PLACE OF WORK.
THE EMPLOYEES, THE RECORD MUST CONTAIN THE NAMES OF ALL OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTS THEY USE AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH DOCUMENTS.
THEIR
TYPE
VISIT TO ANY
"LABOUR INSPECTORS ARE EMPOWERED. DURING PLACE OF WORK, TO INSPECT THE EMPLOYEE RECORDS AND THE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS OF ALL WORKERS EMPLOYED IN THAT PLACE, HE ADDED.
"
"ANY EMPLOYER WHO OFFERS JOBS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $50,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT.
"HE MAY ALSO BE FINED $10,000 IF HE FAILS то KEEP RECORD OF EACH OF HIS EMPLOYEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
.
A
PROPER
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