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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991

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EMPLOYER FINED FOR NOT PAYING COMPENSATION

EMPLOYERS MAY FACE HEAVY FINES FOR NOT MAKING PAYMENT WITHIN A TIME LIMIT TO EMPLOYEES INJURED AT WORK.

PERIODICAL

THE REMINDER BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CAME IN THE WAKE OF A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH AN EMPLOYER WAS CONVICTED OF FAILURE ΤΟ COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

THE NIN HING ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING LTD WAS FINED $6, .000 BY A WESTERN MAGISTRATE FOR NOT PAYING AN INJURED EMPLOYEE HIS ENTITLED COMPENSATION FOR TEMPORARY INCAPACITY CAUSED BY A WORK ACCIDENT WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD AFTER THE ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE OF REVIEW OF COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT.

ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, AN INJURED EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED

ΤΟ PERIODICAL PAYMENT DURING HIS PERIOD OF TEMPORARY INCAPACITY AT A RATE OF TWO-THIRDS OF HIS MONTHLY EARNINGS, AND THE PAYMENTS ARE PAYABLE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE EMPLOYEES' NORMAL PAY DAYS.

WHERE AN EMPLOYER OBJECTS TO THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE STATING THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION AND REQUIRING PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN 21 DAYS.

ANY EMPLOYER FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.

PROVISIONS IS LIABLE

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ANTI-DRUG DISPLAYS AT EXHIBITION FOR WORKERS

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DISPLAYS TO ADVISE WORKERS ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE WILL BE SET UP AT THE THREE-DAY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WEEK EXHIBITION WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, WHICH PUT UP THE DISPLAYS, SAID: "THROUGH A SET OF SPECIALLY ADOPTED PANELS, WE HOPE TO ALERT WORKERS OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SAY 'YES' TO LIFE.

"WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT ABUSE OF DRUGS WILL DAMPEN THEIR WORK INTEREST WHICH WILL GRADUALLY LEAD TO FREQUENT ABSENCE FROM WORK,

"THEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE THEIR JOB IF THEIR EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE HABIT.

KNOW

/"TO THOSE

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