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"Under the Employment Agency Regulations, an employment agency can only charge a successful job-seeker a commission of not more than 10 per cent of his first month's salary. Charging any other fees, such as processing fee or registration fee, is strictly prohibited," she said.
Operating an unlicensed employment agency or overcharging a job-seeker is an offence under the Employment Ordinance. The maximum penalty for each offence is $50,000.
An updated list of employment agencies in Hong Kong is available for public reference at the Employment Agencies Administration on 12th floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central.
Enquiries and complaints on the operation of employment agencies can be made to the Employment Agencies Administration in person or by telephone on 2852 3535.
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Record fine for employing Two-Way Permit visitor
A restaurant operator was fined $50,000 for employing a Chinese Two-Way Permit visitor, an Immigration Department spokesman said today (Friday).
The defendant was convicted of being the employer of a person not lawfully employable and was sentenced at Western Magistracy today.
The sentence marked a record high penalty for offence in relation to being the employer of a person not lawfully employable, the spokesman added.
Immigration officers took over the case after the police raided the restaurant located at Wan Chai on September 26, 1995 where a Two-Way Permit visitor was found working at the restaurant.
The arrested person admitted that he had been working at the said restaurant as a waiter since July 23, 1995 earning daily wage of HK$300. He was charged for breaching his condition of stay and was sentenced to two months imprisonment suspended for two years on September 29, 1995.
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