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MONDAY, JULY 3, 1989

THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES WERE OF THE VIEW THAT

INCREASED FROM THE EXISTING LEVEL PAID ANNUAL LEAVE SHOULD BE SEVEN DAYS TO A MAXIMUM OF 14 DAYS BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE.

EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES

CONSIDERED

OF

IT THAT IN REVIEWED IN

ON THE OTHER HAND, APPROPRIATE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER TO 10 DAYS, BUT SUGGESTED VIEW OF THE CURRENT LABOUR SHORTAGE, THE ISSUE SHOULD BE TWO YEARS' TIME.

AS

NO

COULD CONSENSUS

BE

REACHED,

THE

LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALL THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY UNDERTOOK TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MEMBERS BEFORE FORWARDING THEM TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE MEETING NEXT CONSIDERED A SCHEME FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION NOISE-INDUSED HEARING LOSS.

PAPER

ΤΟ PROPOSING

SET UP SUFFERING FROM OCCUPATIONAL

A

HEARING LOSS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE ORGANISATION AS A COMPENSABLE OCCUPATIONAL INDUSTRIALISED

INCLUDING BRITAIN,

COUNTRIES

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DISEASE. AND MANY JAPAN AND CANADA,

SINGAPORE HAVE INTRODUCED COMPENSATION SCHEMES FOR THE DEAF.

INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR BASED ON A SURVEY BY THE FACTORY

LAST YEAR. IT WAS DEPARTMENT ON SELECTED NOISE-PRONED INDUSTRIES ESTIMATED THAT THE NUMBER OF WORKERS BEING EXPOSED TO NOISE OF 90 OR ABOVE FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY WAS IN THE REGION OF 66,000.

DBA

HEARING

AT

NOISE-INDUCED DEVELOP THESE WORKERS WILL VERY LIKELY

GEAR HEARING PROTECTIVE IMPAIRMENT IF THEY FAIL TO WEAR

WORK.

PROPER

PRINCIPLE ΤΟ SET EXPRESSED AND

20-YEAR

IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS, THE BOARD ACCEPTED IN UP SUCH A SCHEME TO PROTECT WORKERS. USEFUL VIEWS WERE

ON WAS

MADE ALSO

THE SPECIAL EMPHASIS REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE FULFILLED BY CLAIMANTS.

BY MADE

MEMBERS. IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMMENTS UNDERTOOK TO RE-EXAMINE AND MODIFY THE PROPOSALS BEFORE THEM TO THE BOARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

OCCUPATIONAL

THE CHAIRMAN RE-SUBMITTING

THE BOARD

ALSO ENDORSED

A NUMBER

OF

PROPOSALS

TO

AMEND

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

COMPENSATION UNDER THE THEY AGREED TO INCREASE THE LEVELS OF

(COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE AS PNEUMOCONIOSIS

FROM ORDINANCE AND THE JANUARY NEXT YEAR TO BRING THEM IN LINE WITH WAGE INCREASES.

BE

UNDER THE PROPOSAL, THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FOR DEATH WILL

FOR PERMANENT $424.000;

TOTAL INCAPACITY, AND FOR CONSTANT

ALLOWANCES, ATTENTION

RAISED FROM $345,000 TO FROM $394,000 TO $485,000; FROM $158,000 TO $194,000.

MEMBERS FURTHER AGREED TO RE-CLASSIFY OFFENCES COMMITTED

ORDINANCE

REVISE THEIR

INTO "MINOR", "SERIOUS" MAXIMUM

ΤΟ PENALTIES

UNDER AND $5,000,

THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION "VERY SERIOUS”. AND TO

$10,000 AND $20,000 RESPECTIVELY.

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