SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1988
MORE SAFETY, LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND LABOUR LAWS LAST YEAR.
UNDER THE
IN CONVICTIONS IN DURING
CASES RESULTED 1987, 3,861
$9 MILLION BEING IMPOSED COURTS WITH TOTAL FINES OF MORE OFFENDERS.
THE
THAN
ON
THESE FIGURES COMPARED WITH 3, FINES RECORDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
486 CASES AND
$6.6 MILLION
IN
THE
OF OF THE CONVICTIONS LAST YEAR, 2,026 CONCERNED BREACHES
ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS WITH FINES AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $6.5 MILLION.
THE WOMEN
PERSONS AND YOUNG CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF
AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS BOILERS (INDUSTRY)
AND THE REGULATIONS
AND 138 (WITH ORDINANCE TOTALLED 1,661 (WITH $2.2 MILLION IN FINES) $236,700 IN FINES) RESPECTIVELY.
OTHER CASES WERE RELATED TO THE AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION REGULATIONS.
EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR RELATIONS
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID THE LEVEL FINES IN ALL TYPES OF PROSECUTIONS LAST YEAR HAD SHOWN AN INCREASE 38 PER CENT OVER THAT OF 1986.
FOR FACTORY AND CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY WAS 16.1 PER CENT. AS FOR CASES UNDER
OF
OF
CASES, THE INCREASE
THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS RECEIVERS AND 38.2 PER
AND THE REGULATIONS
BOILERS (INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE, THE LEVELS WERE INCREASED BY 23.1 CENT RESPECTIVELY,
AND PRESSURE
CENT PER
IN FINES AS "HEAVIER FINES
THE SPOKESMAN WELCOMED THE INCREASE WILL MAKE OFFENDERS TAKE SAFETY MORE SERIOUSLY".
HE REITERATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ITS EFFORTS ON BRINGING THE MORE SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT JUSTICE.
OFFENDERS
TO
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