Injuries of employees should be reported
Employers are reminded to notify the Commissioner for Labour of any accident which results in the total or partial incapacity of an employee for more than three consecutive days within 14 days of the accident.
The owner of Top Chic Decoration Interior Design in Tuen Mun was recently fined $4,000 at Tuen Mun Magistracy for failing to report a case of an injured employee entitled to one month's sick leave to the Commissioner within the prescribed period.
The company was also fined $8,000 for failing to make periodical payment to the injured employee.
Labour Officer (Prosecutions), Mrs Tonia Leung, said today (Sunday) that failure to report an accident of the above category or make periodical payment to an injured employee are both offences under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance.
The maximum penalties for the two offences are $10,000 and $25,000 respectively.
End/Sunday, May 21, 1995
New system improves clinical lab work
The Department of Health's Clinical Genetic Service has installed a set of automatic chromosome analysis system at the Cheung Sha Wan Jockey Club Clinic to improve the efficiency of its Cytogenetic Laboratory.
This system was donated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and cost nearly $3 million.
It has the advantage of automating part of the procedures in chromosome analysis and omitting much tedious manual procedures.