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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1975

JOB-SEEKERS URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS

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THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, TODAY ADVISED JOB-SEEKERS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST JOB, TO BE CAUTIOUS.

HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN REPORTS RECENTLY ABOUT MALPRACTICES BY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS ADVERTISING IN NEWSPAPERS FOR CLERICAL STAFF.

IN SOME INSTANCES, SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WERE PERSUADED TO PURCHASE LIFE INSURANCE WITH THE COMPANY AND TO PAY SUMS OF MONEY WHICH THEY COULD ILL-AFFORD.

IN SOME INSTANCES, +SURETY+ MONEY WHICH THE CANDIDATE PAID AS A FORM OF GUARANTEE WHEN HE GOT HIS JOB WAS CONVERTED INTO PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PREMIA WITHOUT HIS CONSENT.

ALSO, AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD, THE NEW EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED TO GO OUT AND SELL LIFE INSURANCE - A JOB WHICH HE MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR. AS A RESULT HE WAS EITHER DISMISSED OR COMPELLED TO RESIGN.

MR. LIN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE HAD THE RIGHT TO REQUEST FROM HIS EMPLOYER THE CONDITIONS REGARDING WAGES IN WRITING.

ANY MATERIAL CHANGE THEREAFTER COULD ONLY BE EFFECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

MR. LIN POINTED OUT THAT ANY PERSON WHO NEEDED ADVICE ABOUT CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT COULD APPROACH THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

+MEET THE MEDIA+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (JUNE 26) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR. GORDON BELL.

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE MEETING COVERED. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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