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New North District Officer appointed
Mr Tommy Yuen Man-chung will assume the post of District Officer for North District tomorrow (Monday).
Mr Yuen, 31, joined the administrative service in 1985 and was promoted to Senior Administrative Officer in 1993.
He has served in the former Administrative Services and Information Branch, the Economic Services Branch, the former City and New Territories Administration, and the Housing Department.
His previous post was Assistant Secretary for the Economic Services Branch.
End/Sunday, June 11, 1995
Pregnant employees should not be sacked
The Labour Department today (Sunday) warned employers not to dismiss any female employee who had given notice of her intention to take maternity leave.
Overseas Company Registration Agents Asia Limited at Harcourt Road, Central, was recently fined $7,500 at Western Magistracy for sacking a pregnant employee after she had submitted a notice of intention to take maternity leave to the company.
The notice, which stated her expected date of confinement and the date on which maternity leave was to begin, was submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Ordinance.
"Under the Employment Ordinance, a female employee is protected from termination of her employment from the date on which she gives notice of her intention to take maternity leave until the date on which she is due to return to work, if she has been employed for not less than 12 weeks," Labour Officer (Prosecutions) Mrs Tonia Leung said.
A female employee who has worked for the same employer under a continuous contract for not less than 26 weeks is entitled to maternity leave.
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