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Employment

The department also works with the OSHC, Construction Industry Council, employers' associations and workers' unions to promote the prevention of lower limb musculoskeletal disorders to industries such as catering and retail services, and to publicise heatstroke prevention measures at construction sites and other outdoor workplaces.

Occupational Health Clinics

The department provides occupational health services to workers at its occupational health clinics in Kwun Tong and Fanling. It held 10,444 clinical consultations with workers in 2016.

Occupational Safety and Health Council

The OSHC promotes occupational safety and health through training, promotion, consultancy, research and information services. In 2016, it launched a Joyful@Healthy Workplace campaign with the Department of Health encouraging employers and employees to create a healthy and joyful working environment through three main areas: healthy eating, physical activity and mental well-being. Over 330 organisations pledged to support the campaign by signing the Joyful@Healthy Workplace Charter, covering more than 220,000 employees.

The OSHC launched an OSH Star Enterprises Charter to encourage companies to give priority to renovation contractors with good safety standards. It also launched an OSH Star Recycling Enterprise Pilot Scheme to support the sustainable development of the recycling industry with help from the Recycling Fund. The scheme involves providing training, sponsoring the purchase of protective equipment and coaching in safety management. To enhance electric work safety, the OSHC and the Labour Department launched a Portable Residual Current Device Sponsorship Scheme to subsidise small and medium enterprises to buy devices that complied with safety standards.

The OSHC held 2,077 courses on occupational safety and health for 44,508 trainees. Its SH Workshop@School enabled senior secondary students to experience proper safety measures in a simulated workplace. To establish a safety culture at the community level, the OSHC worked with District Councils to disseminate safety and health messages to residents.

Websites

Census and Statistics Department: www.censtatd.gov.hk

Employees Retraining Board: www.erb.org

Immigration Department: www.immd.gov.hk

Interactive Employment Service: www.jobs.gov.hk

Labour and Welfare Bureau: www.lwb.gov.hk

Labour Department: www.labour.gov.hk

Occupational Safety and Health Council: www.oshc.org.hk Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk

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