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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1990

FESTIVAL HOLIDAY REMINDER

THAT

ON OCTOBER 4

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS THE DAY FOLLOWING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, WHICH FALLS THIS YEAR, IS ONE OF THE 11 STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.

LEVELS ARE ENTITLED THEY HAVE WORKED

ALL EMPLOYEES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR WAGE TO THE HOLIDAY AND MUST BE PAID FOR THE DAY OFF IF

MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE HOLIDAY.

STATUTORY

BARNINGS ON AS BASIC

WELL AS WAGES TERMS SUCH AS MEALS AND

HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMPLOYEE'S A FULL WORKING DAY AND

INCLUDE SHOULD ALLOWANCES THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES.

BE WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD

WAGE PERIOD, WHICH THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING EVERY COMPLETE COULD BE BETWEEN 28 DAYS AND 31 DAYS, PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY.

HOLIDAY, HE BEFORE OR AFTER

IF AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WORK ON A STATUTORY MUST BE GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE DAY OFF WITHIN 60 DAYS THAT DAY.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.

AT ANY

0

-

MORE THAN 1,000 STREET SLEEPERS ON REGISTER

REMAIN ON THE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 1,009 STREET SLEEPERS WHO

ANNUAL AN

SURVEY OF STREET STREET SLEEPERS REGISTER, ACCORDING TO

IN DEPARTMENT

THIS APRIL SLEEPERS CONDUCTED BY THE SOCIAL YEAR.

WELFARE

SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) 1,133 IN 1989,

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THAT THE FIGURE, WHEN COMPARED WITH 1,343 IN 1988 AND INDICATED A GRADUAL DECREASE IN NUMBER.

+

SUCH A DECREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SLEEPERS HE SAID.

IN

THE

JOINT EFFORT OF THE REHABILITATION

STREET

OF

THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING VARIOUS WELFARE SERVICES

INCLUDE

SLEEPERS. COUNSELLING SERVICES,

WITHDRAWAL

THESE

SERVICE,

AID, ACCOMMODATION

FINANCIAL REFERRALS

FOR

MEDICAL

ΤΟ STREET ASSISTANCE,

TREATMENT,

DRUG AND

DOCUMENT IDENTITY APPLICATION FOR

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.

/"MANY OF

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