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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994
LIABLE
OUTSIDE
"IN ADDITION, IF AN EMPLOYEE IS INJURED WHILE WORKING
OUTSIDE HONG
AND IS GIVEN MEDICAL TREATMENT
HONG KONG, HIS KONG
SURGICAL PROSTHESIS OR EMPLOYER IS
TO PAY FOR THE COST OF APPLIANCE REQUIRED BY HIM AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY PROVIDED THAT THE PROSTHESES AND SURGICAL APPLIANCES BOARD (PSAB) GIVES ITS SHE ADDED.
APPROVAL,
WAS OF
WHO SUFFERS ON THE COST OF ATTENDING TO AN INJURED EMPLOYEE SERIOUS PERMANENT INCAPACITY, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SAID IT PROPOSED THAT THE COURT MIGHT AWARD COMPENSATION TO MEET THE COST ATTENTION IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUIRED THE CARE OF ANOTHER PERSON.
"WE ALSO PROPOSED TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING PROVISION BY ALLOWING AN EMPLOYER AND HIS INJURED EMPLOYEE TO AGREE ON THE COMPENSATION FOR THE COST OF ATTENTION AND SUBMIT SUCH AN AGREEMENT FOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, ON CONDITION THAT THE AMOUNT AGREED SHOULD BE THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM," SHE SAID.
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IMPROVE
THE
PROTECTION
OF
TO EMPLOYEES WHOSE PERIOD
EXTENDS BEYOND THE STATUTORY TEMPORARY INCAPACITY OR SICK LEAVE
HAD PROPOSED TO CEILING OF 24 MONTHS, MRS HO SAID THE DEPARTMENT
THE MAXIMUM PROVIDE THE COURT WITH A DISCRETIONARY POWER TO EXTEND PERIOD IN RESPECT OF WHICH PERIODICAL PAYMENTS ARE PAYABLE BY UP TO 12 MONTHS IN DESERVING CASES.
FOR CALCULATING OF TEMPORARY 14 SHE SAID.
"WE ALSO PROPOSED AN ADJUSTMENT OF EARNINGS
PAYMENTS AND COMPENSATION IN PERIODICAL,
RESPECT INCAPACITY BEYOND 12 MONTHS OR 24 MONTHS AS APPROPRIATE,
RATE OF "THE RATE OF EARNING ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE THE AVERAGE
IN INCREASE IN THE EARNINGS OF OTHER PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE EMPLOYER
EMPLOYED BY THE SIMILAR EMPLOYMENT, OR WHERE NO OTHER PERSONS ARE
CONSUMER EMPLOYER IN SIMILAR EMPLOYMENT, THE RATE OF INCREASE IN THE
24 MONTHS AS PRICE
(A) INDEX APPROPRIATE," MRS HO ADDED.
FOR
THE PRECEDING
12
OR MONTHS
SHE
NOTED
THAT
OTHER AMENDMENTS
WERE
PROPOSED
TO
CLARIFY
CERTAIN EXISTING PROVISIONS AND STREAMLINE PROCEDURES.
WHICH AND
"THESE INCLUDE CLARIFICATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER AN INJURED EMPLOYEE IS PROTECTED FROM TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT MAKING LESS RESTRICTIVE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PERIODICAL PAYMENTS MRS HO SAID. ARE PAYABLE TO RECIPIENTS WHO INTEND TO LEAVE HONG KONG,'
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STANDARD SCALE OF FINES INTRODUCED
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A BILL SETTING OUT A
STANDARD
TODAY (FRIDAY).
SCALE OF
FINES WAS GAZETTED
THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ADMENDMENT)
FINE IS AT ONE OF BELOW $100,000 SO THAT EACH PROPOSES THAT THE MAXIMUM FINES FOR EACH LEVEL SHOULD
TO GOVERNOR THE AMENDMENT BY
IN COUNCIL
REFLECT
BILL 1994 ADJUSTS FINES AND SIX LEVELS,
BE CAPABLE OF THE EFFECT OF
INFLATION.
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