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Employees must be covered by insurance
Employers must take out insurance policies for their employees, otherwise they will face severe punishments.
Senior Labour Officer (Prosecutions), Mrs Tonia Leung, gave this warning today (Monday) following a recent court case in which the owner of Cheong Wan Shark's Fin and Seafood Restaurant in Tai Po was fined $20,000 for failing to provide insurance cover for employees as required under section 40(1) of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO).
"Under the ECO, employers are required to take out insurance cover for all their employees so that they can fulfil their legal obligations to pay compensation for work-related injuries," said Mrs Leung.
"The Labour Department takes a serious view on compliance with this provision and our labour inspectors conduct frequent inspections to establishments to detect offences.
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The maximum penalty for the offence is a fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
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Common code for Pay-per-call Recorded Information Service
With the assistance of the Office of Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) and Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA), the four Fixed Telecommunication Network Services (FTNS) operators have agreed to adopt a Common Code of Practice for Pay-per-call Recorded Information Services.
The four operators are Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited, New T & T Hong Kong Limited, Hutchison Communications Limited and New World Telephone Limited.
A government spokesman said: "The 'Common Code' works under a self- regulatory principle.
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