TNAG-1730-FCO40-2443-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 56

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non-manual

The ordinance does not,

workers

unknown number of

leaving Hong Kong

however, apply to

An

for employment.

working outside Hong

local people are

main protection is by means of a written

Kong.

Their

contract

with their employers or their

local agents. I f

in obtaining contractual

they encounter difficulties

entitlements,

the Labour Department assists them in

resolving the problems by conciliation after their return to

Hong Kong.

The Labour Department is now reviewing the ordinance, particularly whether its scope should be expanded

to cover non-manual workers.

The Employees' Compensation Ordinance does not yet

cover work injuries which are sustained outside Hong Kong.

We will shortly be proposing amendments to the ordinance to

expand its scope to cover work injuries to Hong Kong workers

who are employed by Hong Kong employers to work outside Hong

Kong.

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