TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1993
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FOREIGN WORKERS TO BE TOLD OF THEIR RIGHTS
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SIX BRIEFING SESSIONS WILL BE ORGANISED DEPARTMENT IN THE COMING TWO MONTHS TO HELP FAMILIARISE WITH THE RELEVANT ORDINANCES, CONTRACTUAL LIABILITIES WHILE WORKING IN HONG KONG.
BY THE LABOUR FOREIGN WORKERS REQUIREMENTS AND
SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR RELATIONS), MR MAN TAK-WAH, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY} THE SESSIONS WERE PREPARED AS MORE FOREIGN WORKERS HAD ARRIVED UNDER THE CURRENT GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME.
DURING THE BRIEFING SESSIONS, LABOUR OFFICERS WOULD EXPLAIN ΤΟ THE WORKERS THEIR STATUTORY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE TERMS OF THE STANDARD CONTRACT.
THEY WILL ALSO BE TOLD OF THE GENERAL LABOUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS CHANNELS FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITION OF STAY, MR MAN ADDED.
HE NOTED THAT A HANDY INFORMATION CARD WITH COMPLAINT HOTLINE NUMBERS, AND COPIES OF AN INFORMATION LEAFLET ENTITLED
"WHAT
AN IMPORTED WORKER SHOULD KNOW" AND PRINTED IN SIMPLIFIED CHINESE CHARACTERS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO WORKERS AT THE BRIEFING SESSIONS.
COPIES OF THE "CONCISE GUIDE TO THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE" ALSO BE GIVEN.
NOTING THAT THE SESSIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN BOTH CANTONESE PUTONGHUA, AND NO PRIOR ENROLMENT IS NECESSARY, MR MAN SAID: "WE FOREIGN WORKERS COULD ATTEND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE SESSION UPON ARRIVAL FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT."
WILL
AND
HOPE
THEIR
EMPLOYERS SHOULD MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO RELEASE THEIR WORKERS TO ATTEND THE BRIEFING SESSIONS, HE STRESSED.
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING A 24-HOUR 2200) FOR FOREIGN WORKERS TO MAKE ENQUIRIES OR COMPLAINTS.
HOTLINE (815
ALL INFORMATION GIVEN WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, HE
SAID.
DETAILS OF THE BRIEFING SESSIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
DATE
TIME
VENUE
OCTOBER 28 (THURSDAY)
2.30 PM & 3.30 PM
NOVEMBER 12 (FRIDAY)
10 AM 11 AM
HENRY G LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE, 60
PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, YAU MA TEI
SAI WAN HO CIVIC CENTRE, 111 SHAU KEI WAN ROAD
NOVEMBER 24 (WEDNESDAY)
2.30 PM & 3.30 PM
HENRY G LEONG YAU MA TEI
COMMUNITY CENTRE, 60 PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, YAU MA TEI
ENQUIRIES ON THE BRIEFING SESSIONS CAN BE MADE ON TEL 852 3513.
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