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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1994
EMPLOYEES'
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE
COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, NO COMPENSATION WAS PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF ANY INCAPACITY OR DEATH RESULTING FROM AN INJURY IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS AT ANY TIME REPRESENTED TO THE EMPLOYER THAT HE WAS NOT SUFFERING OR HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SUFFERED FROM THAT OR A SIMILAR INJURY, KNOWING THAT THE REPRESENTATION WAS FALSE.
SHE NOTED THAT THE ECU RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF WORK ACCIDENTS FROM EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED TO INJURED WORKERS ON THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE BY THE EMPLOYER.
FOLLOWING THE ENHANCEMENT OF ECU'S COMPUTER PROGRAMME IN FEBRUARY 1993, THE UNIT WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT MULTIPLE CLAIMS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
WILL
'WHEN A CASE OF MULTIPLE CLAIM IS DETECTED, THE UNIT INVESTIGATE AND ADVISE EMPLOYERS AND INJURED WORKERS ON THE CALCULATION OF PERIODICAL PAYMENT IN THOSE OVERLAPPING SICK LEAVE PERIODS, MRS CHAN SAID.
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"IF
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FRAUDULENT CLAIM, THE CASE WILL REFERRED TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR FURTHER ACTIONS,'
SHE SAID.
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MRS CHAN URGED EMPLOYERS TO INFORM THE ECU IF THEY HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES MAKING MULTIPLE CLAIMS AGAINST DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS IN RESPECT OF THE SAME INJURY.
THE EMPLOYER MIGHT ALSO CHOOSE TO REPORT HIS CASE TO THE POLICE FOR INVESTIGATION, SHE ADDED.
RADIO SERIES TO PROMOTE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
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A NEW SERIES OF RADIO PHOTO-IN PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WILL BE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER.
THE HOUR-LONG PROGRAMME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN, WILL BE BROADCAST ON RTHK RADIO 5 THROUGH AM 783 AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 1) FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS.
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"THE RADIO SERIES IS ONE OF THE LATEST PUBLICITY FFFORTS OF THE 1993/95 FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON RADIO PROGRAMME ON FAMILY LIFF EDUCATION, MISS FONG HOK-CHOR.
"THE LATEST SERIES WAS PRODUCED BECAUSE OF RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS SERIES WHICH ENDED IN MAY FONG ADDED.
ENCOURAGING PUBLIC
THIS
YEAR," MISS
/ENTITLED "TOGETHERNESS