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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988
THE AUTHORITIES RECEIVING THE LETTER WOULD KNOW THE OFFENCE WAS REGARDED AS TRIVIAL AND WAS NOT GIVEN ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN HONG KONG.
"THEY WILL, HOWEVER, AS I HAVE SAID, IN ANY CASE EXERCISE THEIR JUDGMENT,' MR BARNES SAID.
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MEETINGS WITH SCHOOLS COUNCILS, TEACHERS ON CONTRACTUAL ISSUE
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ARRANGED FOR MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOLS COUNCILS AND TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS ΤΟ DISCUSS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CODES OF AID CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF AN AMOUNT OF MONEY BY SUBSIDISED SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO RESIGN WITHOUT GIVING SUFFICIENT NOTICE.
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SZETO WAH, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, AN EMPLOYEE MIGHT TERMINATE HIS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT NOTICE BY PAYING THE EMPLOYER AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE EMPLOYEE'S PERIOD OF NOTICE SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.
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"IN THE CASE OF AIDED SCHOOL TEACHERS, THE CODES OF AID PROVIDE FOR A TEACHER WHO RESIGNS WITHOUT NOTICE TO PAY BACK ONE MONTIP'S SALARY,' HE SAID.
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"IF A TEACHER, AFTER GIVING PROPER NOTICE, THEREAFTER TERMINATES THE CONTRACT, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT HE SHOULD PAY THE EMPLOYER AN AMOUNT PROPORTIONAL ΤΟ THE UNEXPIRED PERIOD OF NOTICE.
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HOWEVER, MR BRIDGE SAID, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DOUBT AS ΤΟ WHETHER THE CODES OF AID FOR SCHOOLS WERE IN LINE WITH THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD SOUGHT LEGAL ADVICE.
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"THE ADVICE RECEIVED WAS THAT A TEACHER WHO TERMINATES HIS EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT GIVING THE REQUIRED PERIOD OF NOTICE SHOULD LIABLE TO PAY TO THE SCHOOL AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO HIS WAGES FOR FULL PERIOD OF NOTICE.
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