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Amendment of section 48.

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Section 48 of the principal Ordinance is amended--

(a) in paragraph (e) by deleting “and”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (e) the following paragraph----

“(ea) Part VIIIA (Annual leave with pay);";

(c) in paragraph (f) by deleting the full stop at the end and sub-

stituting a semicolon; and

(d) by inserting after paragraph (f) the following paragraphs-

This

“(g) Part IXA (Liability to pay wages of sub-contractor's

and nominated sub-contractor's employees); and

(h) Part XIII (Offences and penalties).".

Explanatory Memorandum

Bill makes several amendments to the Apprenticeship Ordinance found necessary after 4 years of operation.

2. Clause 2 provides that technical institutions shall give preference to registered apprentices who are required by attendance orders to enter courses at institutions over persons who are not registered apprentices.

3. Clause 3 extends the option for the registration of contracts of apprenticeship that do not have to be registered so that an older apprentice in a designated trade and any apprentice in a non-designated trade may register his apprenticeship provided it is in a suitable form and so gain the benefits of registration.

4. Clause 4 enables the Commissioner for Labour to shorten the period of notice required to terminate a contract of apprenticeship where he is of the opinion that a shorter period of notice would be beneficial to the apprentice.

5. Clause 5 amends section 31 of the principal Ordinance to remove an anomaly so that the sanctions applicable to a registered apprentice who repudiates his contract or is dismissed for misconduct apply to all registered apprentices and not only to those apprentices working in designated trades.

6. Clause 6 includes parts of the Employment Ordinance (Cap.57) that are relevant to apprenticeship contracts.

7. The Bill has no financial or staffing implications.

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一九八○年學徒(修訂)法案

摘要說明

本法案對學徒條例作若干項修訂。此等修訂,乃當局施行該條例四年 後,根據經驗認為需要者。

二、 法案第二條規定:工業學院須先行考慮取錄上課令規定修讀工業學院課 程之登記學徒,然後始考慮取錄非登記學徒。

三、 法案第三條准將目前毋須登記之學徒合約登記,使在指定行業工作而年 紀較大之學徒,以及在非指定行業工作之任何學徒,均可將學徒合約登記,從而享 受是項登記所提供之利益,惟該等合約之格式必須符合規定。

四、 法案第四條規定 : 如勞工處處長認爲將終止學徒合約所需通知期間縮 短係對學徒有利者,可將該期間縮短。

五、 法案第五條修訂原有條例第三十一條,以便規定除指定行業之登記學徒 得因不履行合約或行為不檢而遭辭退外,是項制裁亦適用於所有其他登記學徒,從 而消除前此存在之矛盾。

六、 法案第六條將僱傭條例(香港法例第五十七章)內與學徒合約有關之部 份,加入原有條例內。

七、 本法案對政府經費及人手需求方面,並無影響。