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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1992
EMPLOYERS WHO BREACH THE REQUIREMENT ARE LIABLE FINE OF $10,000.
IN ANOTHER CASE, AN EMPLOYER ON CHEUNG CHAU $2,000 BY A WESTERN MAGISTRATE
FOR
POLICIES
HIS EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
TO A MAXIMUM
ISLAND WAS FINED FOR FAILING ΤΟ TAKE OUT INSURANCE
UNDER
EMPLOYEES' REQUIRED
AS
THE
SHAN
HAD IMPORTED
DURING A VISIT TO THE CHEUNG CHAU CONVALESCENT HOME IN KO VILLAGE, LABOUR INSPECTORS FOUND THAT THE PROPRIETOR, LI PUI-WAI,
FOR
EMPLOYEES, FAILED TO INSURE WORKERS.
HIS FOUR
INCLUDING
TWO
INSURANCE POLICIES WORK
THE LAW REQUIRES ALL EMPLOYERS TO TAKE OUT TO COVER THEIR FULL LIABILITIES TO COMPENSATE WORKERS INJURED AT UNDER THE ORDINANCE AND UNDER COMMON LAW.
OFFENDER ARE LIABLE
FINE OF
$20,000 AND TO
TO A MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR ON SUMMARY CONVICTION.
"
ΤΟ VISIT EMPLOYERS OF ORDINANCES, MR OUT WHERE THERE IS
"OUR LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL CONTINUE IMPORTED WORKERS TO ENSURE THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAK SAID, ADDING THAT PROSECUTION WILL BE TAKEN EVIDENCE.
"WORKERS WISHING TO ENQUIRE ABOUT THEIR EITHER APPROACH OUR LABOUR RELATIONS OFFICES OR SAID.
MR MAK ALSO APPEALED TO IMPORTED WORKERS REPORT MALPRACTICES OF UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS.
STATUTORY
RIGHTS MAY
DIAL 815 5066," HE
ΤΟ COME FORWARD TO
TAPED MESSAGE ON OLD AGE ALLOWANCE INTRODUCED
A TAPED MESSAGE ON OLD AGE ALLOWANCE WILL BE PUT INTO USE ON THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE 343 2255 STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE MESSAGE, OUTLINING THE CRITERIA, AMOUNT AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES OF OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, IS INTRODUCED WITH AN AIM TO IMPROVE WORKING EFFICIENCY, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
"AT PRESENT, THE HOTLINE RECEIVES AN AVERAGE OF 1,960 CALLS EVERY MONTH, ABOUT 15 PER CENT OF WHICH ARE ENQUIRIES ON OLD AGE ALLOWANCE," HE SAID.
"STARTING FROM TOMORROW, CALLERS ENQUIRING ABOUT THE ALLOWANCE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE TAPE AND THE DEPARTMENTAL HOTLINE WILL THEN BE RELEASED TO ANSWER OTHER CALLS.
/"SHOULD THE