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Other benefits

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present situation

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Question 32. Besides the provisions of the Employment Ordinance and the above

welfare benefits, does your company provide other types of

welfare schemes?

Findings:

(1) Yes

(2) No

(If yes) What scheme?

85.3% of the companies (N 450) did not have other types of welfare

schemes other than those provided by the Employment Ordinance and the proposed

Contributory Insurance Scheme. 14.7% of the employers had other types of

schemes. (Table 10064)

7.

Advantages of the proposed scheme to employers

Question 33. Do you think whether the employers can benefit from the proposed

Insurance scheme?

(1) Cannot benefit

(2) Can benefit

A

(Continue)

(Jump to Q.35)

(3) Don't know

Findings:

50.4% of the employers (N = 450) felt that they could not benefit

from the proposed insurance scheme while 48.4% of employers thought that it

would give employers some advantage.

1.1% didn't know. (Table 10065)

Question 34. (If cannot benefit) In what way should the scheme be modified

in order that the employers can benefit from it?

(Don't prompt first. Probe later on):

(1) Tax exemption on the contributions.

(2) The employer's contribution can flexibly raised from the

minimum of the above-mentioned 2%. However, the employee

must stay with the same employer in order that he can enjoy

the additional benefit cumulated from the extra contribution

by the employer.

(3) Others.