SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1988
OTHER FACILITIES SUCH AS AREAS, OPEN PLACES AND WATERFRONT FIVE YEARS.
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AREAS, SITTING-OUT
PARKS WOULD BE
CHILDREN'S PLAY COMPLETED WITHIN
BEING
MR LAU SAID THE GROUND AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
FOR RECREATIONAL CONSTRUCTED OR PLANNED WOULD MEET RESIDENTS' DEMAND FACILITIES AND PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
FLOODLIT
HARD
A INCLUDE FACILITIES AT THE RECREATION GROUND
AND A SITTING-OUT SURFACED MINI-SOCCER PITCH, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AREA.
BEFORE THE
CEREMONY,
NORTH POLICE
CHILDREN'S GAMES AND AN INVITATION
THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN MEMBERS OF DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE (FRONTIER) WERE HELD.
EMPLOYERS WARNED TO PAY FULL WAGES
* * * * *
WARNED
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) OVERSEAS DOMESTIC HELPERS TO PAY THEIR MAIDS FULL WAGES THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY BOTH PARTIES.
IN WHICH AN
THIS FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE FINED $5,000 FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS ON WAGES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
OF EMPLOYERS ACCORDING ΤΟ
WAS EMPLOYER
PAYMENT OF
PAYING HIS MAID THE CASE REVEALED THAT THE EMPLOYER HAD BEEN BETWEEN $400 AND $550 LESS
THE CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT THROUGHOUT HER PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.
THAN
ANNUAL IN ADDITION, HE ALSO FAILED TO PAY HIS MAID SEVEN DAYS'
IN RESPECT OF LEAVE PAY
THE 12 MONTHS' SERVICE THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT MUST BE PAID AS ORDINANCE, WAGES DUE AT THE END OF THE WAGE PERIOD
CASE NOT LATER SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE BUT IN ANY
THAN SEVEN DAYS
THEREAFTER.
PAID WITHIN SEVEN
SIMILARLY, WAGES AND OTHER SUM DUE MUST BE DAYS ON THE COMPLETION OR TERMINATION OF A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.
WAGES
THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR FAILING TO PAY
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS
IS CONTRACTS AFTER THE WAGE PERIOD OR ON COMPLETION OF
AND $20,000
DAYS AFTER THAT FOR FAILING TO PAY THE ANNUAL LEAVE PAY WITHIN SEVEN THE COMPLETION OF CONTRACTS IS $10,000.
+ ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF SERVICE FOR OVERSEAS
HELPERS DOMESTIC HELPERS CAN BE MADE AT THE FOREIGN DOMESTIC OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT 5-8523537.
SERVICE
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