10
MONDAY, JULY 1, 1991
DIES AS WITHIN SUCH PRECEDING
THE CASE OF
UNDER THE PROPOSAL, AN EMPLOYEE SUFFERS INCAPACITY OR A RESULT OF THE DISEASE CONTRACTED IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT
PERIOD
YEAR THE PRESCRIBED
OF ONE
IMMEDIATELY INCAPACITY OR DEATH, THE EMPLOYEE, OR HIS DEPENDANTS IN DEATH, WILL BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION.
ANOTHER ITEM DISCUSSED
OF
LEVELS COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
COMPENSATION
TO
AND ORDINANCE
THE
AT
MEETING TODAY'S
UNDER AWARDED BE
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
THE WAS
THE
REVISED EMPLOYEES'
(COMPENSATION)
IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION SECTIONS OF THE TWO ORDINANCES BE RAISED, HAVING TAKING
INFLATION AND
RATE. INCREASES THE OVERALL WAGE RATE INCREASES ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1, 1992.
THE PRESENT LEVEL OF
JANUARY 1, 1990.
COMPENSATION
UNDER VARIOUS
INTO
THE
ACCOUNT PROPOSED
HAS BEEN FN
FORCE SINCE
ALL INDUSTRIAL
MEMBERS GENERALLY ENDORSED THE PROPOSAL.
SOME
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
ΤΟ THE LIFTING EMPLOYEES OPERATING ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERED THE BOARD ALSO FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR) REGULATIONS WHICH AIM TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
IN
UNDERTAKINGS,
AFTER SOME DISCUSSIONS,
MEMBERS AGREED
ΤΟ
THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS,
WAS BOARD
A
ΤΟ PROPOSAL ALSO DISCUSSED BY THE AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS ON MATERNITY PROTECTION UNDER THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE SOME AMBIGUITIES AND CLARIFY SOME PROVISIONS.
MAKE MINOR EMPLOYMENT
MEMBERS ALSO NOTED A PROGRESS REPORT ON LABOUR LEGISLATION THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
FOR
CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED ELDERLY HOMES LAW BEGINS
THE SOCIAL WELFARE
DEPARTMENT
IS CONDUCTING
A CONSULTATION
EXERCISE ON PROPOSED LAW ON RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY.
ΤΟ
THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES (ELDERLY PERSONS) BILL AND
PERSONS) REGULATIONS, AIMED THE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES (ELDERLY
FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE PRIVATE, REGULATE RESIDENTIAL CARE NON-PROFIT-MAKING AND SUBVENTED SECTORS,
HOMES
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY):
ALL. THE OPERATORS HAVE SENT OUT COPIES OF CONSULTATION PAPER TO THE FIELD TO POOL THEIR VIEWS."
**WB
IN
/THE SPOKESMAN