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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
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FOREIGN AND LOCAL WORKERS ENJOY SAME PROTECTION UNDER HK LAWS
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CHAN, TOLD THE
AS LOCAL WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME PROTECTION HONG KONG LAWS, THE
FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY JOHN
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
AND TODAY
WORKERS
MANPOWER,
FOREIGN UNDER MR
(WEDNESDAY).
HE
SAID BOTH
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
PROVISIONS WERE RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SPECIFIC OF THE RELEVANT LABOUR OR IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION AS WELL AS
BETWEEN THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT ENTERED IN CONDITIONS
THE FOREIGN WORKER AND THE EMPLOYER.
MR
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK, CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFERED CONCILIATION SERVICES WHEN THERE WAS A DISPUTE ON EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE FOREIGN WORKER AND HIS EMPLOYER.
WORKER WILL BE ASSISTED TO
PURSUE
THE HE SAID:
HIS THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL CHANNELS IF BOTH PARTIES FAIL TO SETTLEMENT.
CLAIM REACH
BREACHES SUSPECTED
THE OF THE CONDITIONS SET BY
INFORMATION BY DEPARTMENT AND SUSPECTED CASES OF PROVISION OF FALSE THE EMPLOYING FIRM IN ITS APPLICATION TO EMPLOY FOREIGN WORKERS EITHER
UP BY THE IMMIGRATION TAKEN
DEPARTMENT
OR DIRECT REFERRAL BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.
IMMIGRATION
WERB
THROUGH
MR
SAID:
"THE POLICY FOR PROTECTION OF CHAN FOREIGN WORKERS IS UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE EXISTING PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AS NECESSARY.
THE
RIGHTS
OF
TO
HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE AN AMENDMENT BILL WHICH WAS EXPECTED BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHORTLY.
TO
UNLAWFUL
TO
ONE
THE BILL SEEKS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR DEDUCTION AND UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES FROM
AND $10,000
$20,000 $100,000 AND $200,000 RESPECTIVELY, PLUS A CUSTODIAL SENTENCE OF YEAR.
H
'ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEMES, HE SAID.
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CHAN MR
OR
ADVISED WORKERS TO APPROACH EITHER THE LABOUR
WISH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SHOULD THEY
TO SERK DEPARTMENT VERIFICATION IN CASE OF LABOUR DISPUTES OR SUSPECTED ABUSE.
MR
CHAN
AS FAR AS FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE CONCERNED, POINTED OUT THAT 46 EMPLOYERS HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR FURNISHING FALSE INFORMATION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND 19 WERE PROSECUTED.
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