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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1983

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COMPULSORY INSURANCE NOTICES AVAILABLE

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WHEN THE LEGISLATION ON COMPULSORY INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES INJURED OR KILLED AT WORK COMES INTO OPERATION ON JANUARY 1, AN EMPLOYER MUST DISPLAY AT A CONSPICIOUS PLACE ON HIS PREMISES A NOTICE, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, GIVING DETAILS OF HIS INSURANCE POLICY.

COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE ARE NOW AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM OFFICES OF THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT THE NOTICE SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

* THE NAME OF THE EMPLOYER;

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THE NAME OF THE INSURER;

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THE POLICY NUMBER

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THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES INSURED; AND

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THE EXTENT OF THE LIABILITY INSURED.

THE PENALTY FOR FAILING TO PUT UP THE NOTICE IS $10 000, HE SAID.

THIS NOTICE REQUIREMENT, HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYING DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE REQUIRES AN EMPLOYER TO BE INSURED IN RESPECT OF ALL HIS EMPLOYEES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF HIS LIABILITIES FOR BOTH COMPENSATION UNDER THE ORDINACE AND COMMON LAW DAMAGES FOR INJURIES AND DEATH AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AT WORK.

EMPLOYERS MUST BEAR THE FULL COST OF THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DEDUCT THE COST FROM THE EARNINGS OF THE IR EMPLOYEES.

+THE PURPOSE OF REQUIRING AN EMPLOYER TO TAKE OUT AN INSURANCE POLICY IS TO ENSURE THAT AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS INJURED OR KILLED AT WORK WOULD OBTAIN COMPENSATION TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

+AN EMPLOYER WHO EMPLOYS ANYONE WITHOUT AN INSURANCE POLICY AFTER JANUARY 1, NEXT YEAR, COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $50 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

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