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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1990
HEAVIER FINES ON LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS * * * * * *
IMPOSED
THE LEVEL OF FINES
BY THE COURTS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION CONTINUED TO GO UP LAST YEAR.
THE AVERAGE FINE OF 19.8 PER
INCREASE
STATISTICS. ACCORDING TO LABOUR DEPARTMENT IMPOSED ON OFFENDERS WAS $3,776 LAST YEAR, AN CENT OVER 1988.
CASES ΤΟ THE "DURING THE YEAR. WE SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT 4.036 COURTS. RESULTING IN TOTAL FINES OF $15.23 MILLION. COMPARED WITH
YEAR, 4,019 PROSECUTIONS AND $12.66 MILLION IN FINES IN THE PREVIOUS SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS). MR TSANG KIN-WOO, SAID.
"THE HEAVIER FINES FOR LABOUR OFFENCES SHOULD MAKE EMPLOYERS TAKE WORKERS' SAFETY AND WELFARE MORE SERIOUSLY," HE ADDED.
BRING
OF
ΤΟ ACTION THE SAFETY AND RIGHTS
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO STEP UP OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFENDERS TO JUSTICE IN ORDER TO PROTECT WORKERS," HE STRESSED.
THAT MORE THAN
A BREAKDOWN OF LAST YEAR'S CONVICTIONS SHOWED 59 PER CENT OF THE CASES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFENCES,
OF THEM. 1.414 CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS
THE 974 RELATED TO
CONSTRUCTION SITES
REGULATIONS, FINES TOTALLING $5.33 MILLION AND $7.37 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
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(SAFETY)
AND
AND
WITH
THERE WERE ALSO 512 CONVICTIONS OF VIOLATION OF WELFARE (INDUSTRY} REGULATIONS, PROVISIONS UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS, AND LABOUR RELATIONS, AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCES. RESULTING TO $2.26 MILLION.
IN FINES AMOUNTING
BOILERS
AND AND
TOTALLING
CASES WERE BREACHES OF THE THE REMAINING 136 PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE. PART IVB OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ‘ORDINANCE. FINES $278,650 WERE IMPOSED.
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