WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1991
EMPLOYERS URGED TO MAKE TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS
EMPLOYERS ARE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED TO MAKE PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ON WORKING ARRANGEMENTS DURING TYPHOONS.
SUCH AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE RULES FOR REPORTING TO WORK AND RELEASING EMPLOYEES FROM WORK, AND THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES
IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
ACTING CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER, MR FRANCIS HO, SAID THE LAW DID NOT LAY DOWN ANY PARTICULAR PROVISIONS ON WHAT ONE SHOULD DO IN A TYPHOON SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT NATURES AND REQUIREMENTS OF JOBS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
"IT WILL, NEVERTHELESS, BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR AN AGREEMENT TO BE REACHED TO AVOID CONFUSION, MR HO STRESSED, ADDING THAT THE INTERESTS OF BOTH PARTIES WOULD BE TÅKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
HE SAID EMPLOYERS SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THEIR WORKERS SAFETY, BOTH AT THE WORKPLACE AND WHILE TRAVELLING TO AND FROM HOME DURING A TYPHOON.
"NORMALLY, EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYEES ΤΟ REPORT FOR DUTY OR TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 OR A HIGHER SIGNAL IS HOISTED, OR WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS ABOUT ΤΟ STOP, HE SAID.
"THIS, HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL OR EMERGENCY DUTIES DURING A TYPHOON. IN SUCH CASES, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD CLEARLY INFORM THE EMPLOYEES CONCERNED AT THEIR COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, HE NOTED.
EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN DRAFTING OR PREPARING TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS MAY APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR SERVICES FOR ADVICE.
RELATIONS
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THREE GOVT LOTS TO LET BY TENDER
THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SHORT TERM TENANCY OF THREE LAND LOTS FOR OPEN STORAGE.
TWO LOTS, LOCATED AT YEN CHOW STREET, SHAM SHUI PO,
KOWLOON AND SIU LAM, TUEN MUN, MEASURE ABOUT 865 AND 2,800 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
THEY ARE BOTH FOR OPEN STORAGE, EXCLUDING CONTAINERS.
THE TENANCY FOR THE LOTS IS FOR ONE RESPECTIVELY AND RENEWABLE QUARTERLY AFTERWARDS.
YEAR AND TWO YEARS
/THE THIRD
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