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The

contract must also specify the employer's

liability to pay for medical

medical expenses and compensation for

work injury. In essence, the rights and obligations defined

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in the contract must be broadly in line with those provided

under

Employment Ordinance and the Employees'

the

Compensation Ordinance, both of which relate to employees in

Hong Kong.

Insofa

ar

as manual workers are

concerned,

the

protection provided by the Contracts for Employment Outside

Hong Kong Ordinance is considered adequate. An employer or

fails to enter into a his agent may be prosecuted if he

written contract with a manual worker before departure or

induces the worker to depart from Hong Kong for employment

the before

is attested. Upon conviction,

an

contract

employer is

liable

to

a

In fine of $50,000.

1987,

four

prosecutions were taken out against employers for offences

in four convictions with

cap

under

resulted in the ordinance and

fines totalling $8,000.

The Labour Department assists workers in settling

If conciliation fails a

disputes by conciliation.

case may

be referred to the Labour Tribunal for adjudication upon

Labour

from

request

the parties involved. In 1987, the

Department handled 65 disputes of this nature and helped to

Thirty-three cases were referred to the Labour

settle 26.

Tribunal

withdrawn.

for adjudication and the remaining six

were