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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990

WOULD

"EMPLOYEES WITH THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, HOWEVER,

EIGHT, NINE AND 10 DAYS OF SERVICE WOULD HAVE

HAVE THEIR PAID ANNUAL LEAVE INCREASED TO RESPECTIVELY. EMPLOYEES WITH OVER FIVE YEARS THEIR PAID ANNUAL LEAVE FIXED AT 10 DAYS," HE SAID.

THAT ALL

SERVICE,

MR YEUNG POINTED OUT

THESE ENTITLEMENTS WOULD BE INCREASED AT THE RATE OF ONE DAY FOR EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR OF UNTIL THE MAXIMUM OF 14 DAYS WAS REACHED.

SEE

YEAR OF

"THUS AN EMPLOYEE WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE WOULD HIS ENTITLEMENT REACHING THE MAXIMUM OF 14 DAYS IN THE FIFTH THE BILL BECOMING LAW, HE SAID.

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OF

THE MAXIMUM MR YEUNG EMPHASISED THAT THE PROPOSAL TO PHASE IN

OF FIVE YEARS WAS THE OUTCOME LEVEL OF BENEFIT OVER A PERIOD CAREFUL DELIBERATION BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

AND EMPLOYERS

EMPLOYEES,

HE

TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR BOTH

A PAYMENT SAID THE BILL FURTHER PROPOSED THAT AN EMPLOYER MIGHT MAKE LEAVE FOREGONE, BUT ONLY WHERE THE IN LIEU OF ANNUAL

EMPLOYEE'S: HE ELECTED TO FOREGO ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT EXCEEDED 10 DAYS AND PART OR ALL OF THE ENTITLEMENT IN EXCESS OF 10 DAYS.

ELECTS

"FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO 13 DAYS AND

MAY MAKE A PAYMENT то HIM IN TO FOREGO THREE DAYS, THE EMPLOYER RESPECT OF THOSE THREE DAYS,' HE SAID.

ABUSE,

SAFEGUARD AGAINST MR YEUNG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AS A

MAKE IT AN OFFENCE FOR AN EMPLOYER IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO

TO THAT WOULD COMMIT INCLUDE IN A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT ANY PROVISION THE EMPLOYEE TO FOREGO ALL OR ANY OF HIS ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT.

"THE PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE IS $10,000, HE SAID.

A MAXIMUM FINE OF

THE EMPLOYMENT PAID ANNUAL LEAVE

MR YEUNG NOTED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, UNDER ORDINANCE AN EMPLOYEE WAS ENTITLED TO SEVEN DAYS' FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF 12 MONTHS' CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT.

1978, AND REFLECT OVER THE PAST

"THIS BENEFITS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED 12 YEARS AGO IN THERE HAS BEEN MOUNTING CRITICISM THAT IT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY THE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH HONG KONG HAS ENJOYED DECADE OR SO.

UNFAVOURABLY

WITH THEIR

"THE CURRENT LEVEL OF BENEFIT ALSO COMPARES OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION, MANY OF WHICH GIVE WORKERS 14 DAYS' PAID ANNUAL LEAVE, HE ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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