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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1994

PLANS FOR WORK IN RAINY SEASON URGED

**

AN

ASSISTANT

CHAN, TODAY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR Alfred

WITH AGREEMENTS

THEIR (TUESDAY) ADVISED EMPLOYERS TO REACH PRIOR

MEASURES IN TYPHOONS EMPLOYEES ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTINGENCY AND RAINSTORMS.

AND

"EARLY AGREEMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS

STATUTORY TO INTRODUCE DISPUTES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICABLE

AND RAINSTORM REGULATIONS ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO TYPHOON

IN VARIOUS OWING TO THE DIVERSITY IN NATURE AND REQUIREMENTS OF JOBS TRADES AND INDUSTRIES, MR CHAN SAID.

T

UNDER WHICH EMPLOYEES HE SAID CONDITIONS REPORT FOR DUTY OR TO STOP WORK SHOULD BE AGREEMENTS.

WERE REQUIRED TO STATED IN THE

CLEARLY

FOR

NUMBER OR

SHOULD SPECIFY THE TYPHOON SIGNAL EXAMPLE, IT THE COLOUR CODE OF RAINSTORM WARNING UNDER WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE TO STOP WORK OR NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR DUTY, WAYS OF CALCULATING WAGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH EMPLOYEES SHOULD RETURN TO WORK, HE ADDED.

THE BLACK RAINSTORM

INDICATES WARNING

INCLEMENT AND ROADS MAY BE SERIOUSLY FLOODED.

IF

WARNING SUCH

IS ISSUED DURING

THAT THE WEATHER IS

HOURS, WORKING

EMPLOYERS

SHOULD LET THEIR EMPLOYEES REMAIN IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED.

"FOR

DUTY,

THEY

SHOULD OR TAKE

THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET REPORTED FOR FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TO STAY AT HOME SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE RAINSTORM HAS PASSED.

PRIME CONSIDERATION

"PERSONAL SAFETY SHOULD BE THE DECIDING ON THE APPROPRIATE WORK ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID.

IF EMPLOYEES HAVE TO WORK DURING TYPHOONS OR RAINSTORMS, REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE CLEARLY STATED BEFORE THE EMPLOYMENT BEGINS.

WHEN

SUCH

TO

MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT DUE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN

JOURNEY TO AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE AS WELL AS THEIR

EMPLOYEES' FROM WORK.

OR

PUBLIC

"NORMALLY, WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NUMBER 8 IS HOISTED TRANSPORT SERVICES ARE TO BE SUSPENDED SHORTLY, EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT REPORTED FOR DUTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY AT HOME.

"FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY AT WORK, THEY SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON AS PRACTICABLE, MR CHAN SAID.

HAVING

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PRIORITY TO LEAVE THE WORKPLACE

AS

REGARD TO

THE WEATHER

MR CONDITIONS,

CHAN SAID SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE IN REMOTE AREAS OR WHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

THE

AGREEMENTS

SHOULD ALSO

SPELL OUT

THE

METHOD OF

WAGE

CALCULATION UNDER THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

/MR CHAN