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Special Enforcement Team which

The Women and Youny Pcrsons Division has an cstablishment of onc Senior Labour Officer, four Labour Officers, two Assistant Labour Officers, seven Chicf Labour Inspectors, 28 Senior Labour Inspectors, and 182 Labour Inspectors. The division upuratos from 26 branch offices and it also has a enforces certain provisions of the Employment ..Ordinance. Inspection of industrial undertakings are made at all hours of the -day and night, and every Gay. In the course of their Jutics, officers: and inspectors of the unit also give advice to both cmployers and workers on how to comply with the legal provisions. Pamphlets, posters and oricf guides in English and Chinese on the relevant legislation arc published anu distributed

to employers and cmployees free of charge

QUESTION IV

There is no court decision involving questions of principle relating to the application of this convention.

QUESTION V

The Employmcnt Ordinance applics to all cmployees in the privatc sector. According to the General Household Survey of the first quarter of 1990, it was cstimated that there were,2 400 500 cmployccs. Of these, about 188 000 wcrc civil servants who were not covered by the Employment Ordinancc. The majority of the employees in the private sector enjoyed the provisions of rest days as stipulated by the Employment. Ordinance. In general, civil scrvants also enjoyed one rest day a week.

For the period 1 July 1986 to 30 Junc 1990, 37 prosecutions were institutcù against cmployers for failing to grant rest days to employees as provided by the Employment Ordinance. Fincs imposed by the magistrates' courts amountců to HK$20,

,000.

During tnc samc

against employers for

period, 1 079 and 74 prosecutions were instituted cmploying women anů youny persons on rcst days respectively.

imposed by the magistrates' courts amounted to HK$1,998,285 and HK$47,350 respectively.

· Pincs

QUESTION VI

Copics of this report have been sent to the Labour Advisory Board un which cmployers' organisations

and traic unions are represented and, through the Uniteä Kingdom, Department of Employment, to the Confcucration of British Industry and the Traces Union Congress of Great Britain. No observations regarding the application of this convention in Hong Kong have been received from any organisations of employers or workers during the period under review.

Hong Kong August 1990

Y. N. YIU

Commissioner for Labour (Acting)