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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1989
FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS PROTECTED BY LABOUR LAWS
FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTION AS LOCAL WORKERS UNDER THE LABOUR LAWS.
SAME
FOR UNDER THE
A RECENT COURT CASE IN A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN CITED
HELPER WAS CONVICTED WHICH THE EMPLOYER OF A FILIPINA DOMESTIC FAILING TO GRANT
MAID STATUTORY BENEFITS PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
HER
NOT DID
PAY THE FILIPINA THE CASE SHOWED THAT THE EMPLOYER
ARREARS WITHIN
DAYS AFTER
WAS SEVEN
THE CONTRACT MAID WAGES IN TERMINATED AND A PRO-RATA SUM IN LIEU OF HER ENTITLED ANNUAL LEAVE,
NOT GRANTED A REST DAY IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE MAID WAS
PERIOD EACH WEEK AND STATUTORY HOLIDAYS ON SPECIFIED DATES DURING HER OF SERVICE WITH THE EMPLOYER.
THE EMPLOYER WAS THUS TAKEN TO COURT CENTRAL MAGISTRATE.
AND FINED $7,100 BY A
A
BREACHES THE THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ANYONE WHO
ABOVE
ΤΟ PROVISIONS IS LIABLE
MAXIMUM FINE RANGING FROM $10,000 TO $20,000.
THE
RECRUITS SOUGHT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OFFICE
IS
RECRUITING COMMUNITY REGISTRATION EXERCISE
ORGANISERS TO HELP OUT IN THE DISTRICT'S VOTER FROM MID-AUGUST TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
то AT APPLICANTS FOR THE POST SHOULD BE EDUCATED
HAVE SOME WORKING FIVE, BE AGED BETWEEEN 21 AND 45 AND
AND WRITE GOOD AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH.
CANTONESE
LEAST FORM EXPERIENCE, CHINESE OR
OF ANOTHER CHINESE
POST
INCLUDE
MAKING
HOUSEHOLD
VISITS ΤΟ PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN
A HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE DIALECT WILL BE A DEFINITE ADVANTAGE.
THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTER VOTERS, AND ASSISTING IN OUTDOOR CONNECTION WITH VOTER REGISTRATION.
THE SUCCESSFUL THE RENUMERATION FOR THE POST IS $19 PER HOUR.
HOURS, MAINLY IN THE CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IRREGULAR EVENINGS ON WEEKDAYS AND ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. COMMUNITY ORGANISER IS EXPECTED TO WORK AT LEAST 100 HOURS A MONTH.
A
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