SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1994
THE
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SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY VISITS USA
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HONG
SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHAU, LEFT KONG TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT TO WASHINGTON, DC, USA.
IN WASHINGTON, HE
WILL MEET SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE MICKEY KANTOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS.
AMBASSADOR
MAXIMUM FINES FOR BREACHING LABOUR LAWS
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THE
LABOUR
DEPARTMENT TO COMPLY WITH
TODAY (SUNDAY) LABOUR LAWS OR THEY
REMINDED
WILL
FACTORY FACE HEAVY
PROPRIETORS PENALTIES.
MADE THE WERE ILLEGAL
LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MISS KATHERINE TSANG, APPEAL IN VIEW OF TWO RECENT COURT CASES IN WHICH THE EMPLOYERS
IN WOMEN EACH GIVEN MAXIMUM FINES OF $10,000 FOR ENGAGING OVERTIME WORK AND TO WORK ON A REST DAY.
NEW
DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, LABOUR INSPECTORS FOUND THAT BRIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED IN SAN PO KONG HAD ENGAGED 178 WOMEN IN UNREPORTED OVERTIME WORK.
IN IN ANOTHER INSPECTION, THREE STARS KNITTING FACTORY LIMITED KOWLOON BAY WAS FOUND TO HAVE EMPLOYED 25 WOMEN TO WORK ON A REST DAY.
THE MAXIMUN FINE OF $10,000 WAS IMPOSED ON BOTH COMPANIES BY KWUN TONG MAGISTRATE RECENTLY.
A
THE
IN
{ INDUSTRY} "IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS REGULATIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO CHANGE PRESCRIBED WORKING HOURS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY OR TO ENGAGE THEM OVERTIME WORK, WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFOREHAND, MISS TSANG SAID.
THE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER TO DISPLAY IN A CONSPICUOUS PERIOD OF IN THE FACTORY A PRESCRIBED NOTICE SETTING OUT THE EMPLOYMENT,
FOR WOMEN
PLACE
WORKERS.
REST DAY
INTERVALS FOR MEALS OR REST, AND
EMPLOYERS
HOURS SHOULD STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE PERMISSIBLE WORK SET OUT IN THE PRESCRIBED NOTICE.
OF
'IF THEY REQUIRE WOMEN WORKERS TO WORK ON A SCHEDULED REST DAY, THEY MUST APPLY FOR A CHANGE OF REST DAYS FOR THEIR WOMEN EMPLOYEES AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHE ADDED.
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MISS TSANG ALSO REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT YOUNG PERSONS SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED TO WORK OVERTIME IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
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