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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1992
"YOU WILL
BE
EXPECTED
OFTEN
IN
DAYS, OR
TO ACT INSTANTLY, LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS, AND YOU MAY BE CRITICISED ON OCCASIONS FOR TAKING, IN A SPLIT SECOND, A DECISION WHICH MAY TAKE WEEKS, TO ANALYSE BY SOMEONE WHO HAS THE LUXURY OF TIME ΤΟ CONSIDER THE COMPLEX SITUATION IN WHICH YOU, UNDER PRESSURE, HAD то REACT INSTINCTIVELY.
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MR WATSON TOLD THE PASSING OUT OFFICERS THAT WITH MODERN TRAINING AND CONTINUED DEDICATION AS GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE THEY COULD MEET AND OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES.
THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO GRADUATED TODAY COMPRISE SEVEN MALE INSPECTORS, 161 POLICE CONSTABLES AND 58 WOMAN POLICE CONSTABLES,
EMPLOYER FINED FOR NOT PAYING COMPENSATION
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PERIODICAL ASSISTANT
EMPLOYERS ARE LIABLE TO HEAVY FINES FOR NOT MAKING PAYMENTS WITHIN A TIME LIMIT TO EMPLOYEES INJURED AT WORK, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR HOUDINI HO, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR HO GAVE THE ADVICE AFTER A CASE IN WHICH AN EMPLOYER WAS CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THE EMPLOYERS' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
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THE CITY DRAINAGE CLEANING SERVICE WAS FINED $1,000 BY A KOWLOON MAGISTRATE FOR NOT PAYING AN INJURED EMPLOYEE HIS ENTITLED COMPENSATION FOR TEMPORARY INCAPACITY CAUSED BY A WORK ACCIDENT WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD AFTER THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT.
MR HO POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE, AN INJURED EMPLOYER IS ENTITLED TO PERIODICAL PAYMENTS DURING HIS PERIOD OF INCAPACITY AT A RATE OF TWO-THIRDS OF HIS MONTHLY EARNINGS, AND THE PAYMENTS ARE PAYABLE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE EMPLOYEE'S NORMAL PAY DAY.
"WHERE AN EMPLOYER OBJECTS TO THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE STATING THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION AND REQUIRING PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN 21 DAYS," HE EXPLAINED.
ANY EMPLOYER FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.
MR HO ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A NEW DIRECT SETTLEMENT SYSTEM HAS COME INTO OPERATION RECENTLY.
UNDER THE SYSTEM, AN EMPLOYER MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, EITHER WRITTEN OR VERBAL, WITH HIS EMPLOYEE ON COMPENSATION FOR WORK – RELATED INJURIES RESULTING IN NO PERMANENT INCAPACITY AND INVOLVING SICK LEAVE OF NOT MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS, HE ADDED.
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