TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1994
PLANS FOR WORK IN RAINY SEASON URGED
**
AN
ASSISTANT
CHAN, TODAY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR Alfred
WITH AGREEMENTS
THEIR (TUESDAY) ADVISED EMPLOYERS TO REACH PRIOR
MEASURES IN TYPHOONS EMPLOYEES ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTINGENCY AND RAINSTORMS.
AND
"EARLY AGREEMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS
STATUTORY TO INTRODUCE DISPUTES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICABLE
AND RAINSTORM REGULATIONS ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO TYPHOON
IN VARIOUS OWING TO THE DIVERSITY IN NATURE AND REQUIREMENTS OF JOBS TRADES AND INDUSTRIES, MR CHAN SAID.
T
UNDER WHICH EMPLOYEES HE SAID CONDITIONS REPORT FOR DUTY OR TO STOP WORK SHOULD BE AGREEMENTS.
WERE REQUIRED TO STATED IN THE
CLEARLY
FOR
NUMBER OR
SHOULD SPECIFY THE TYPHOON SIGNAL EXAMPLE, IT THE COLOUR CODE OF RAINSTORM WARNING UNDER WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE TO STOP WORK OR NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR DUTY, WAYS OF CALCULATING WAGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH EMPLOYEES SHOULD RETURN TO WORK, HE ADDED.
THE BLACK RAINSTORM
INDICATES WARNING
INCLEMENT AND ROADS MAY BE SERIOUSLY FLOODED.
IF
WARNING SUCH
IS ISSUED DURING
THAT THE WEATHER IS
HOURS, WORKING
EMPLOYERS
SHOULD LET THEIR EMPLOYEES REMAIN IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED.
"FOR
DUTY,
THEY
SHOULD OR TAKE
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET REPORTED FOR FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TO STAY AT HOME SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE RAINSTORM HAS PASSED.
PRIME CONSIDERATION
"PERSONAL SAFETY SHOULD BE THE DECIDING ON THE APPROPRIATE WORK ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID.
IF EMPLOYEES HAVE TO WORK DURING TYPHOONS OR RAINSTORMS, REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE CLEARLY STATED BEFORE THE EMPLOYMENT BEGINS.
WHEN
SUCH
TO
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT DUE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN
JOURNEY TO AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE AS WELL AS THEIR
EMPLOYEES' FROM WORK.
OR
PUBLIC
"NORMALLY, WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NUMBER 8 IS HOISTED TRANSPORT SERVICES ARE TO BE SUSPENDED SHORTLY, EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT REPORTED FOR DUTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY AT HOME.
"FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY AT WORK, THEY SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON AS PRACTICABLE, MR CHAN SAID.
HAVING
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PRIORITY TO LEAVE THE WORKPLACE
AS
REGARD TO
THE WEATHER
MR CONDITIONS,
CHAN SAID SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE IN REMOTE AREAS OR WHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
THE
AGREEMENTS
SHOULD ALSO
SPELL OUT
THE
METHOD OF
WAGE
CALCULATION UNDER THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
/MR CHAN