CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952 — Page 174

APPENDIX 10

Suggested draft bill to ensure the payment of Workmens' accident compensation and to provide means whereby disabled workers can be rehabilitated.

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Short title.

Interpretation.

The Committee and its

membership.

Incorporation

An Ordinance to provide for the creation of an employers' fund for the purpose of making all disbursements under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:

of the Committee.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employers Liability (Finance) Ordinance and shall come into force on a date to be notified in the Gazette.

2.

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires: -

"Commissioner" means any person appointed by the Governor to be the Commissioner of Labour or acting Commissioner of Labour;

"employer" means any person and any body of persons, including the Government of the Colony, whether corporate or unincorporate who employ any workers as defined in the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance and shall, in his absence, include his manager or other person in charge of the work on which such workers are employed and a person who makes payment for work executed by workers may be deemed to be the employer;

"worker" means any person covered by the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance.

3. There shall be appointed by the Governor a Committee to be known as the Employers Liability Committee. The Governor may appoint such persons as he thinks fit. to be members of such Committee and add members to, or remove members from such Committee. The Commissioner shall be Chairman of the Committee.

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The Employers Liability Committee by such name shall be a body corporate and have perpetual succession with powers to acquire, hold and sell property, and may by such name sue and be sued.

Employees' records.

5.

Employer to register.

Employer to

render returns.

(1) Every employer shall keep and write up to date or cause to be kept and written up to date books showing the names of all workers of whom he was the employer, the day or days on which they have worked and the amount paid or payable to each.

(2) Such books shall be deemed not to be written up to date if by the seventh day of any month all entries required by this section to be made therein in respect of the previous month have not been made.

6. Within fourteen days of the coming into force of this Ordinance every employer shall by postal notification register with the Commissioner.

7. (1) Every employer shall, whenever called upon to do so by the Commissioner, send to the Commissioner a return showing the names of all workers employed by him at any time during any quarter specified by the Commissioner and the number of days worked by each.