FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1993
MORE LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS PROSECUTED
ΤΟ BETTER PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF WORKERS, DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR STEPPED UP PROSECUTIONS AGAINST OFFENDERS.
DURING THE PERIOD, 6,644 CASES WERE SUCCESSFULLY COURT RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $19.4 MILLION.
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"THIS REPRESENTS A 70 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE FIGURE OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHICH HAD RECORDED 3,889 CASES WITH FINES TOTALLING $15.5 MILLION," SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MR JOHN SUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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"WE ARE DETERMINED TO BRING OFFENDERS TO COURT AND WE WILL SPARE NO EFFORT IN TAKING OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST THOSE BREAKING LAW, HE SAID.
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"MANY MORE EMPLOYERS HAD TO PAY FOR THEIR MALPRACTICES AND OUR CONTINUOUS ACTION WILL MAKE THEM TAKE A MORE SERIOUS VIEW OF THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF WORKERS, MR SUNG ADDED.
COMMENTING ON THE CONVICTION FIGURES LAST YEAR, MR SUNG NOTED ABOUT 41 PER CENT OF THE CONVICTED CASES RELATED то INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFENCES.
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OF THEM, 1,635 CASES WERE BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, WITH FINES TOTALLING $6.3 MILLION.
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682 WERE AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO FAILED ΤΟ GUARD DANGEROUS PARTS OF POWER PRESSES AND OTHER MACHINERY EFFECTIVELY WHILE 326 CASES CONCERNED FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXIT DOORWAYS FRER FROM OBSTRUCTION.
ON THE SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, MR SUNG SAID THERE WERE 1,127 CONVICTIONS UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY} REGULATIONS WITH A TOTAL FINE OF $8.3 MILLION.
THESE INCLUDED 381 CASES AGAINST EMPLOYERS FOR FAILURE ΤΟ PROVIDE FENCES OR COVERINGS TO FLOOR EDGES, EXCAVATIONS, OPENINGS AND OTHER DANGEROUS PLACES ON SITE TO PREVENT THE FALL OF PERSONS.
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ANOTHER 247 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT AGAINST EMPLOYERS FAILED ΤΟ PROVIDE SAFETY HELMETS TO WORKERS OR TO ENSURE THAT THEY WEAR SUCH HELMETS WHILE ON SITE.
APART FROM INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFENCES, THERE WERE 3,588 CONVICTIONS OF VIOLATION OF WELFARE PROVISIONS UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY), EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCES. THE FINES IMPOSED TOTALLED $4 MILLION.
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