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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991
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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION LEVELS TO BE INCREASED
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THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION AND CERTAIN COMPENSATION-RELATED ITEMS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE WILL BE REVISED AS FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.
MOVING A RESOLUTION TO EFFECT THE CHANGES AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID IT HAD BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY SINCE 1978 REVIEW THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION EVERY TWO YEARS TO TAKE ACCOUNT WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES.
TO OF
"TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROJECTED RATE OF WAGE INCREASE FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1990 TO DECEMBER 1991 AND THE SLIGHT UNDER-ESTIMATION OF THE INCREASE IN NOMINAL WAGES IN THE LAST REVIEW, PROPOSE TO INCREASE THE EXISTING LEVELS OF COMPENSATION ARISING FROM DEATH, PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTANT ATTENTION BY 27.8 PER CENT," MR CHAN SAID.
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DETAILS OF THE REVISION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
OLD RATE
MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
NEW RATE MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
FOR DEATH
FOR PERMANENT
$162,000
$143,000 $424,000
$485,000
$183,000 $542,000
$207,000 $620,000
TOTAL
INCAPACITY
FOR CONSTANT
ATTENTION
FOR BURIAL AND
MEDICAL EXPENSES
WHERE THE DECEASED EMPLOYER LEAVES NO DEPENDANTS
$194,000
щ
$248,000
$8,000
$10,000
$70
$90
$16,000
$20,000
FOR DAILY REIM-
BURSEMENT OF
MEDICAL EXPENSES
PAYMENT BY AN
EMPLOYER TOWARDS
THE COSTS OF
SUPPLYING AND
FITTING A
PROSTHESIS OR A
SURGICAL APPLIANCE
FOR REPAIR OR RENEWAL
OF A PROSTHESIS OR A SURGICAL APPLIANCE
F
$50,000
1
$62,000
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