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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

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DRIVING OR OPERATING ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORT PROVIDED BY HIS EMPLOYER BETWEEN HIS HOME AND

то ATTEND

OR AFTER ATTENDING TO HIS DUTIES; AND

WORKPLACE TO

TRAVELLING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND HIS WORKPLACE ABROAD BY ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORT AGREED BY HIS EMPLOYER.

BILL THE

ALSO SEEKS TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF "MEDICAL EXPENSES" SO THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR MAY PROCESS A CLAIM FROM

EMPLOYEE

MEDICAL INJURED AT WORK OUTSIDE HONG KONG FOR

EXPENSES INCURRED OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

AN

ANOTHER PROPOSAL IS TO ENHANCE THE INTEREST OF AN INJURED EMPLOYEE WHO

BEEN ON PROLONG SICK LEAVE BY CATERING FOR WAGE INCREASE IN COMPUTING THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION,

HAS

"WE PROPOSE THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE OR 24- PAYABLE TO AN EMPLOYEE AT THE END OF A 12-MONTH COMPENSATION

BE SUITABLY MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING HIS ACCIDENT, HIS EARNING SHOULD ADJUSTED WITH REFERENCE TO THE AVERAGE RATE OF WAGE INCREASE OF PERSONS EMPLOYED BY HIS EMPLOYER IN SIMILAR EMPLOYMENT, OR OTHER PERSONS ARE EMPLOYED BY HIS EMPLOYER IN SIMILAR EMPLOYMENT,

OF THE RATE

INFLATION, FOR THE PRECEDING 12

24 OR

APPROPRIATE, MR LAM SAID.

TT

"WE ALSO PROPOSE THAT THE COURT BE PROVIDED DISCRETIONARY POWER ΤΟ EXTEND THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 24 TEMPORARY INCAPACITY BY UP TO 12 MONTHS IN DESERVING CASES.

**THIS

ALLOWS EXTENSION

MORE TIME FOR THE

OTHER WHERE NO

MONTHS

TO AS

WITH A

OF

MONTHS

CONDITION

INJURED EMPLOYEE TO STABILISE AND TO BE READY FOR PERMANENT INCAPACITY, HE ADDED.

OF

ASSESSMENT

THE OF

ΤΟ MEET THE COURT WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO AWARD COMPENSATION

WHO THE COST OF ATTENDING TO AN EMPLOYEE

SUFFERS SERIOUS PERMANENT INCAPACITY

FOR SUCH ATTENTION TO

"CONSTANT"

AND ΤΟ REMOVE REQUIREMENT

BE

IN ADDITION, IT IS PROPOSED TO SET UP A MECHANISM FOR THE PROSTHESIS AND SURGICAL APPLIANCE BOARD TO DETERMINE THE NECESSITY AND THE COST OF AN APPLIANCE SUPPLIED AND FITTED TO AN HONG KONG.

EMPLOYEE OUTSIDE

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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