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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1993

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LAB ENDORSES REVISION OF LICENCE FEE OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

REVISE

THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD TODAY (

(MONDAY) ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO LICENCE FEE OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES UNDER THE

AGENCY REGULATIONS.

THE

EMPLOYMENT

FOR LABOUR,

AT THE BOARD MEETING CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER MRS KATHERINE FOK, MEMBERS AGREED THAT THE FEE FOR ISSUE OR RENEWAL OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LICENCE BE REVISED FROM $800 TO $1,000 WHILE THE OFFICE FEE

ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE LICENCE FOR OPERATING A FOR FROM $160 TO $200.

BRANCH

ANOTHER PROPOSAL, THE MEMBERS AGREED TO REVISE THE CEILING IN OF BURIAL EXPENSES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE (ECO) AND FUNERAL EXPENSES UNDER THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE (PCO) FROM $10,000 TO $12,000.

THEY SUPPORTED A PROPOSAL TO ADJUST MEDICAL EXPENSES IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE ECO AND THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF FROM $90 TO $120 A DAY.

SPECIFIED THE PCO

A PROPOSAL TO REVISE THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF COMPENSATION VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE ECO WAS ALSO ENDORSED AT THE MEETING.

THE BOARD THEN NOTED AN INFORMATION PAPER ON A REPORT ON KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 80TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN GENEVA IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

UNDER

HONG LABOUR

A PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES ALSO NOTED AT THE MEETING.

WAS

THEY PROPOSED TO REVISE THE PENALTY LEVELS FOR CONTRAVENING THE OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING PROHIBITION AGAINST TERMINATION OF CONTRACT

EMPLOYEES DURING THEIR INCAPACITY UNDER THE SERVICE OF

EMPLOYEES'

ORDINANCE COMPENSATION

EMPLOYMENT AND AGAINST TERMINATION OF

OF A HER EMPLOYEE FEMALE

WHO HAS GIVEN NOTICE TO HER EMPLOYER PREGNANCY UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.

THAT THE

REGARDING

THE MEMBERS WERE TOLD

LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN PENALTY PROVISIONS IN CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON VARIOUS BOTH THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

REVIEW

AT THE SAME MEETING, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE

ON THE LABOUR RELATIONS SYSTEM

THE HONG IN

KONG AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM THE REVIEW TO IMPROVE THE PRESENT DISPUTE

PROCEDURE SETTLEMENT

TO AND TO OFFER FURTHER PROTECTION

RIGHTS.

EMPLOYEES'

AFTER THE MANPOWER

TO

THEY WERE INFORMED THAT THE REVIEW WAS LAUNCHED

HAD GOVERNOR

ASKED THE

AND SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION CONSIDER WHAT LESSONS MIGHT BE LEARNED FROM THE CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LABOUR DISPUTE WHICH OCCURRED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

TOLD MEMBERS

THE CHAIRMAN

THAT LAB'S COMMITTEE ON LABOUR RELATIONS WOULD BE CONSULTED ON ALL PROPOSALS SOON,

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