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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1988
REMINDER ON LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKING OUTSIDE HK
*
AUTHORISED AGENTS ARE LIABLE EMPLOYERS OR THEIR DULY
TO A
FOR $50,000
TO FAILING
ENTER MAXIMUM PENALTY OF
WRITTEN INTO A WHOM THEY ENGAGE TO WORK OUTSIDE HONG CONTRACT WITH MANUAL WORKERS KONG.
TO PRESENT THE THE FINE IS ALSO APPLICABLE IF EMPLOYERS FAIL
SIGNED BY CONTRACTS
THE WORKERS TO
FOR THE
DEPARTMENT LABOUR ATTESTATION BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE.
IF PROSECUTED
THEY INDUCE A
EMPLOYMENT
BEFORE THE
CONTRACT
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IN ADDITION, EMPLOYERS WILL BE WORKER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAW
WORKER TO COUNSEL A
UP TAKE ATTESTED.
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE, MUST CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT RATES OF WAGES AND OVERTIME, HOURS OF WORK, REST DAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
OR
THAT UNDER A CONTRACT DAYS AND
THE CONTRACT
TO AND
AND FROM
"IT MUST PROVIDE FOR VARYING OR TERMINATING
FOR PROVIDING PASSAGES MAKE THE EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE THE PLACE OF WORK FOR THE WORKER, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
"THE CONTRACT SHOULD ALSO SPECIFY THE EMPLOYER'S
LIABILITY
ΤΟ
PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES.
"IN ESSENCE, THE
RIGHTS
AND
BROADLY IN
LINE
OBLIGATIONS WITH THOSE
DEFINED PROVIDED
THE ORDINANCE, BOTH
IN UNDER
THE
CONTRACT MUST BE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION OF WHICH RELATE TO EMPLOYEES IN HONG KONG."
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ATTESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
OF
OF
BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST, THE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
136 FIRST THE DEPARTMENT ATTESTED
CONTRACTS AND 65 RE-ENGAGEMENT
CONTRACTS WITH
AND 99 PERIOD LAST
THESE COMPARE
164
FIRST
CONTRACTS. RE-ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS ATTESTED IN THE SAME BIGHT-MONTH
YEAR.
"OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS TAKING OUTSIDE HONG KONG FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS SPOKESMAN SAID.
UP EMPLOYMENT ATTESTED,
Ir
THE
TO WORK OUTSIDE HONG KONG ΤΟ EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS HAVE
HE ADVISED WORKERS INTENDING ENSURE, IN THEIR OWN INTEREST, THAT THEIR BEEN ATTESTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFORE DEPARTURE.
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