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Qutlying Islands

Cheung Chau

Kowloon

Tsim Sha Tsui, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon Central, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O, To Kwa Wan

New Territories

Yuen Long, Shatin Central, Sai Kung, Shek Wu Hui, Tuen Mun Central, Tai Po, Tsuen Wan

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Employer fined for violating employees' compensation law

The Labour Department today (Monday) reminded employers to observe the provisions of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO) or they will face prosecution.

This appeal was made following a recent court case in Western Magistracy in which the owner of Eastern Worldwide Co Ltd was fined $15,000 for dismissing an employee injured at work before the Certificate of Compensation Assessment (Form 5) had been issued by the Commissioner for Labour.

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Labour Officer (Prosecutions), Mr Raymond Ho, said: " Under section 48 of the ECO, no employer should dismiss, or give notice to dismiss, an injured employee who is entitled to compensation under the ECO until the Commissioner for Labour has issued the Certificate of Compensation Assessment (Form 5); or until the employer has entered into an agreement under the ordinance to settle the claim directly; or until an Ordinary Assessment Board or Special Assessment Board has issued the Certificate of Assessment (Form 7 or Form 8), or the Certificate of Review of Assessment (Form 9 or Form 10), whichever occurs first."

The maximum fine under this provision has been revised to $100,000 with effect from July 1, 1996.

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