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Sickness benefits

present situation

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Question 7. Besides the benefits for the employees required by the Employment

Ordinance, has your company provided additional sickness benefits?

(1) Has -(Continue)

Findings:

(2) Has Not (Jump to Q.13)

Besides benefits required by the Employment Ordinance, 61.8%

of the companies (N

=

450) had not provided additional sickness benefits

while 38.2% had such additional benefits. (Table 10011)

Question 8.

Do you buy insurance to cover the money you might have to pay

in sickness benefits to your employees who fall ill or do you

pay the sickness allowance directly from the company?

(2) Directly from company

(1) Buy insurance

(3)

Both

Findings:

Of the companies (N

=

(4) Others

172) which provided additional sickness

benefits, 64% paid this benefit directly from the company while 30.2% bought

insurance. 2.9% employed both methods while another 2.9% had other means of

covering such sickness benefits. ́ (Table 10012)

Question 9. Are all employees entitled to enjoy such welfare?

(1) All (Jump to Q.11) (2) Some only

(Continue)

Findings:

Of the companies (N = 172) which provided additional benefits,

68% of the companies provided additional sickness benefits to all employees

while 32% provided such benefits only to some of the employees. (Table 10013)

Question 10. Which types of employees are entitled? (Prompt)

(1) Employees earning above $2,000 salary p.m.

(2) Employees earning below $2,000 salary p.m.

(3)

Daily-rated workers.

(4) Piece-rate paid workers.

(5)

Others.