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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

A BILL

To

Short title and

Amend the Employees' Compensation Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Employees' Compensa- commencement tion (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.

(2) Sections 4(a) and (b), 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 and 13 shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

Method of calculating earnings

(Cap. 282)

Distribution of compensation

2.

Section 11 of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance is amend- ed by adding after subsection (7)—

"(7A) An employee shall, at the request of his employer, give his employer sufficient information to enable the employer to comply with section 40 regarding any of the employee's concurrent contracts of service referred to in subsection (7) that are then in force or subse- quently entered into.

(7B) Subsection (7) does not apply where an employee fails to comply with subsection (7A).”.

3.

Section 13(3) is amended by repealing "Nothing in this sec- tion shall prevent an employer from making any payment not exceeding $10,000" and substituting "An employer may make a payment not exceed- ing $20,000".

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