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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1991
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO
HELPING ANOTHER DISMISSED IMPORTED
WORKER IN FINDING A NEW JOB IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
"WE WILL ASSIST ANY IMPORTED WORKER IN RE-EMPLOYMENT AND
AND IN THEIR APPLICATION TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR AN EXTENSION OF STAY IN HONG KONG SHOULD HE LOSE HIS JOB THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN MR MAK STRESSED.
HE ASKED IMPORTED WORKERS ΤΟ COME FORWARD TO REPORT
REPORT ANY EXPLOITATION BY UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS WHO WOULD BE PROSECUTED IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THEM BREACHING THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
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"TO ENSURE IMPORTED WORKERS RECEIVE THEIR WAGES IN FULL, Wk ADVISE EMPLOYEES TO PAY WAGES DIRECT TO THE WORKERS' BANK ACCOUNTS, MR MAK SAID.
"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACTUAL WAGES ARE
ARE RECEIVED DIRECTLY BY THE IMPORTED WORKER, WITH AN INDEPENDENT PAYMENT, HE EXPLAINED.
"
RECORD OF
MR MAK SAID LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL THE 2,488 APPROVED то IMPORT WORKERS UNDER THE 1990 IMPORTATION ADVISING THEM TO PAY WAGES THROUGH BANKS AND REMINDING THEM LAW REGARDING WAGE PAYMENT AND WAGE DEDUCTIONS.
WAGE
EMPLOYERS SCHEMES THE
ор
SCHEME
TO BE
"ALSO, THERE WILL BE A CLAUSE IN THE LABOUR IMPORTATION FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AND ITS RELATED PROJECTS REQUIRING WAGES PAID DIRECTLY ΤΟ THE WORKERS' BANK ACCOUNTS TO AVOID POSSIBLE UNDERPAYMENT, HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A SECOND SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM (SET) OF SIX LABOUR INSPECTORS TO STEP UP THE MONITORING OF THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEMES AGAINST POSSIBLE EXPLOITATION OF IMPORTED WORKERS,
LIKE THE FIRST SET INCEPTED IN JANUARY, THE NEW TEAM WILL VISIT THE WORKPLACES AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF ALL IMPORTED WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY DAY AND NIGHT.
"DURING THE VISITS, THE LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL CHECK WHETHER THE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE UP TO THE STANDARD SPECIFIED IN THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND WILL ASK INDIVIDUAL WORKERS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF WAGES THEY RECEIVE,' MR MAK SAID.
THEY WILL ALSO COLLECT INFORMATION FROM IMPORTED WORKERS About THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE EMPLOYERS COMPLY STRICTLY WITH THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE RULES ÅND CONDITIONS OF THE IMPORTATION SCHEMES.
BE DEPLOYED To INSPECTORS FROM
"WHEREVER REQUIRED, ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS MAY HELP OUT THE SET IN SPECIFIC TASKS, SUCH AS THE SIX OTHER UNITS ASSISTING IN THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN TO CHECK THE WAGE RECORDS OF IMPORTED WORKERS,
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HE ADDED.
MR MAK NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY ISSUED SUMMONSES AGAINST TWO EMPLOYERS OF IMPORTED WORKERS FOR FAILURE ΤΟ OBSERVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.
"IN ADDITION, PROSECUTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST ANOTHER
EMPLOYER FOR UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES TO IMPORTED WORKERS,
HE SAID.
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