TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1981
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REMINDER ON WORK ACCIDENTS
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EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (TUESDAY) TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW CONCERNING NOTIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE IS INJURED AT WORK AND GIVEN SICK LEAVE BY A DOCTOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE ACCIDENT.
THE EMPLOYER SHOULD DO SO WHETHER OR NOT THE ACCIDENT GIVES RISE TO ANY LIABILITY OF PAY COMPENSATION.
ANY EMPLOYER WHO, WITHOUT A REASONABLE EXCUSE, FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS PROVISION, IS LIABLE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $1 000.
THE SPOKESMAN WAS COMMENTING ON A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAS FINED A MAXIMUM OF $1 000 AT NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY FOR FAILING TO INFORM THE DEPARTMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED SEVEN-DAY PERIOD.
IN THE ACCIDENT A WORKER HAD HIS LEFT EYE INJURED WHILE WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE ON FEBRUARY 20 AND WAS GIVEN SICK LEAVE BY A DOCTOR UNTIL APRIL 28.
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