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SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1994

NEW EX-GRATIA SCHEME HELPS DECEASED WORKERS' DEPENDENTS

FOR

A NEW EX-GRATIA SCHEME HAS BEEN SET UP TO PROVIDE QUICK OF VICTIMS OF FATAL WORK ACCIDENTS, DEPENDENTS BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

A HOME

RELIEF AFFAIRS

SCHEME,

THE

FOR IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FINANCED BY THE BREWIN TRUST FUND.

LABOUR,

IS

IN

INTEREST- WORK-

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TRUST FUND, WHICH IS CHARITABLE NATURE AND MANAGED BY THE BRANCH, HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED FREE LOANS FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF EMPLOYEES WHO DIED IN RELATED ACCIDENTS.

BUT

FUND

WITH THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

DECIDED PROVIDING SIMILAR RELIEF, THE BREWIN TRUST FUND COMMITTEE HAS TO INTRODUCE THE EX-GRATIA PAYMENT SCHEME TO REPLACE THE LOAN SCHEME.

UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, BACH ELIGIBLE APPLICANT WILL BE OFFERED AN EX-GRATIA CASH GRANT OF $5,000.

AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE THE SURVIVING WIVES

CHILDREN EMPLOYEES WHO DIE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTS.

MOREOVER, THEY SHOULD BE WHOLLY OR PARTLY DEPENDENT EARNINGS OF THE DECEASED AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER DEATH.

OF

THE

UPON THE

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF THE DEATH THE EMPLOYEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF

ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FATAL CASES OFFICE, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.

ROOM

1522,

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE OF THE OFFICE IN PERSON OR BY CALLING

852 4030.

PREGNANT WORKERS PROTECTED BY LAW

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE TO FIRE A WOMAN WORKER AFTER SHE HAD GIVEN TO THE MANAGEMENT A NOTICE OF HER INTENTION TO TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE.

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-

THE CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER, MR JAMES YEUNG, GAVE THE ADVICE TODAY

THE NEIL (SUNDAY) AFTER A COMPANY

PRYDE LIMITED

WAS CONVICTED AND FINED $5,000 BY A TUEN MUN MAGISTRATE FOR SACKING A PRBONANT WORKER.

/THE CASE