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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1994

EMPLOYER FINED FOR NOT PAYING COMPENSATION

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS COMPENSATION WITHIN A IT WAS AN OFFENCE IF THEY FAILED TO PAY LIMIT TO EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INJURED AT WORK.

THAT TIME

THE

WAS FINED

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (COMPENSATION), MRS JENNY CHAN, GAVE ADVICE AFTER THE WAI LEE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING COMPANY $5,000 BY A EASTERN MAGISTRATE EARLY THIS MONTH.

WAS THE

THE COMPANY FAILED TO PAY COMPENSATION TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO INJURED AT WORK AFTER THE AGREEMENT OF COMPENSATION BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, AN EMPLOYER SHOULD WHO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OF COMPENSATION WITH HIS INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST MORE THAN FIVE PER CENT OF HIS EARNING CAPACITY.

THE

AGREEMENT

MRS CHAN SAID COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR FOR APPROVAL.

SHOULD

BE

SUBMITTED

TO

THE

ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD MAKE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO THE EMPLOYEE WITHIN 21 DAYS.

FULL

FAILURE TO DO SO IS AN OFFENCE THAT CARRIES

A MAXIMUM FINE

OF

$10,000.

A

IN ADDITION, THE EMPLOYER HAS TO PAY TO HIS INJURED EMPLOYEE

OF FIVE

OF PER CENT

THE

OF THE AMOUNT OUTSTANDING

SURCHARGE COMPENSATION.

A 10 PER CENT SURCHARGE WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE AMOUNT IF THE PAYMENT IS NOT MADE WITHIN THREE MONTHS.

OUTSTANDING

MRS CHAN FURTHER REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT FROM JANUARY YEAR, THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF SURCHARGE HAD BEEN ADJUSTED,

"AN EMPLOYER WHO FAILS TO PAY THE SURCHARGE WITHOUT EXCUSE IS ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION WITH A MAXIMUM FINE OF SHE ADDED.

M

1 THIS

REASONABLE $10,000,

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