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(iii) Making it a mandatory requirement for employers to notify the Labour Department of their retrenchment plans will unnecessarily compel them to disclose their commercial decisions. Moreover, employers may wish to make alternative employment arrangements for the affected workers themselves, whilst the employees may wish to seek re-employment through other
avenues.
(iv) It would impose an undue burden on small employers employing less than 20 persons who constitute 94% of the employers in Hong Kong.
(v)
The Labour Department has been making continual efforts in publicising its employment services for unemployed job-seekers. Through its liaison work, it has also been encouraging employers to inform the Department of any major dismissal.