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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1988

REMINDER ON LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKING OUTSIDE HK

*

AUTHORISED AGENTS ARE LIABLE EMPLOYERS OR THEIR DULY

TO A

FOR $50,000

TO FAILING

ENTER MAXIMUM PENALTY OF

WRITTEN INTO A WHOM THEY ENGAGE TO WORK OUTSIDE HONG CONTRACT WITH MANUAL WORKERS KONG.

TO PRESENT THE THE FINE IS ALSO APPLICABLE IF EMPLOYERS FAIL

SIGNED BY CONTRACTS

THE WORKERS TO

FOR THE

DEPARTMENT LABOUR ATTESTATION BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE.

IF PROSECUTED

THEY INDUCE A

EMPLOYMENT

BEFORE THE

CONTRACT

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IN ADDITION, EMPLOYERS WILL BE WORKER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAW

WORKER TO COUNSEL A

UP TAKE ATTESTED.

A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE, MUST CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT RATES OF WAGES AND OVERTIME, HOURS OF WORK, REST DAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

OR

THAT UNDER A CONTRACT DAYS AND

THE CONTRACT

TO AND

AND FROM

"IT MUST PROVIDE FOR VARYING OR TERMINATING

FOR PROVIDING PASSAGES MAKE THE EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE THE PLACE OF WORK FOR THE WORKER, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

"THE CONTRACT SHOULD ALSO SPECIFY THE EMPLOYER'S

LIABILITY

ΤΟ

PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES.

"IN ESSENCE, THE

RIGHTS

AND

BROADLY IN

LINE

OBLIGATIONS WITH THOSE

DEFINED PROVIDED

THE ORDINANCE, BOTH

IN UNDER

THE

CONTRACT MUST BE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION OF WHICH RELATE TO EMPLOYEES IN HONG KONG."

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ATTESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

OF

OF

BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST, THE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

136 FIRST THE DEPARTMENT ATTESTED

CONTRACTS AND 65 RE-ENGAGEMENT

CONTRACTS WITH

AND 99 PERIOD LAST

THESE COMPARE

164

FIRST

CONTRACTS. RE-ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS ATTESTED IN THE SAME BIGHT-MONTH

YEAR.

"OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS TAKING OUTSIDE HONG KONG FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS SPOKESMAN SAID.

UP EMPLOYMENT ATTESTED,

Ir

THE

TO WORK OUTSIDE HONG KONG ΤΟ EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS HAVE

HE ADVISED WORKERS INTENDING ENSURE, IN THEIR OWN INTEREST, THAT THEIR BEEN ATTESTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFORE DEPARTURE.

/EMPLOYERS WHO