Press Releases

• Employer fined for violation of safety rule (23 December 2008)
  
  
• Employment agencies reminded to comply with the law (20 December 2008)
  
  
• Labour Advisory Board members appointed (19 December 2008)
  
  
• Authorisation for safety training courses withdrawn (15 December 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for a wage offence (11 December 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for violation of safety rule (9 December 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (4 December 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (2 December 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for violation of safety rule (1 December 2008)
  
  
• Work safety in the catering industry significantly enhanced (30 November 2008)
  
  
• Employer of foreign domestic helper fined $32,000 for wage offence (27 November 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (25 November 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for not taking out insurance policy for employees (18 November 2008)
  
  
• Company and its director fined for wage offences (13 November 2008)
  
  
• Labour Department to hold job fair at Metro City Plaza II (9 November 2008)
  
  
• Company director fined for wage offences (4 November 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (3 November 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (31 October 2008)
  
  
• LD launches Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme (31 October 2008)
  
  
• LD holds exhibition on Employment Ordinance (31 October 2008)
  
  
• Five employee representatives elected to Labour Advisory Board (25 October 2008)
  
  
• 37 illegal workers and employers arrested in joint operations (24 October 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for non-payment of employees' compensation (21 October 2008)
  
  
• Restaurant director given suspended jail sentence for wage offences (20 October 2008)
  
  
• LD assists Tai Lin employees (17 October 2008)
  
  
• LD assists U-right employees (9 October 2008)
  
  
• 12 nominations for Labour Advisory Board election (3 October 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for holiday pay offences (30 September 2008)
  
  
• Labour Department's seminar cancelled (23 September 2008)
  
  
• Contractor fined for violation of safety rule (22 September 2008)
  
  
• Proprietor fined for violation of safety rules (22 September 2008)
  
  
• Labour Department holds job fair at Olympian City (22 September 2008)
  
  
• LD holds exhibition on Employment Ordinance and Wage Protection Movement (12 September 2008)
  
  
• Proprietor fined for violation of safety rules (11 September 2008)
  
  
• Contractor fined for violation of safety rules (10 September 2008)
  
  
• Labour Advisory Board election of employee representatives (8 September 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $30,000 for a wage offence (2 September 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (1 September 2008)
  
  
• Amendments under ECO to recognise certification given by registered Chinese medicine practitioners to commence on September 1 (29 August 2008)
  
  
• Restaurant manager given suspended jail sentence for wage offences (28 August 2008)
  
  
• Employer given suspended jail sentence for wage offences (21 August 2008)
  
  
• Young job-seekers should beware of job traps and work injuries (14 August 2008)
  
  
• Exhibition on Employment Ordinance and Wage Protection Movement (8 August 2008)
  
  
• Entries for catering industry safety award scheme invited (7 August 2008)
  
  
• Grace period for adopting helpers' minimum wage extended (6 August 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for violation of safety rule (5 August 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for holiday pay offences (5 August 2008)
  
  
• Prior work arrangements urged for rainstorms and typhoons (4 August 2008)
  
  
• Applications open for employment programmes(3 August 2008)
  
  
• Trading company director jailed for wage offence (31 July 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (29 July 2008)
  
  
• Employers and employees reminded about heatstroke precautions (25 July 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $110,000 for wage offences (25 July 2008)
  
  
• LD's response in Watsons Water workers' action (22 July 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for a wage offence (22 July 2008)
  
  
• Two contractors fined for violation of safety rules (18 July 2008)
  
  
• Amendments under ECO to recognise Chinese medicine certification commence on September 1 (10 July 2008)
  
  
• Minimum wage increased for foreign domestic helpers (9 July 2008)
  
  
• Two contractors fined for violation of safety rules (7 July 2008)
  
  
• Job fair to be held at Tsing Yi (7 July 2008)
  
  
• Two contractors fined for violation of safety rules (2 July 2008)
  
  
• Applications open for relaxed Transport Support Scheme (1 July 2008)
  
  
• Contractor fined for violation of safety rule (27 June 2008)
  
  
• Employers reminded to comply with the law in employing children and youth (24 June 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (24 June 2008)
  
  
• Employers and employees reminded to take precautions against heatstroke (23 June 2008)
  
  
• LD holds exhibition on Employment Ordinance and Wage Protection Movement (20 June 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $10,000 for violation of safety rule (17 June 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offence (12 June 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (6 June 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage and holiday pay offences (5 June 2008)
  
  
• Labour Department recruits volunteers to disseminate work safety message (31 May 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offence (23 May 2008)
  
  
• Contractors each fined $20,000 for safety rules violation (19 May 2008)
  
  
• Young job-seekers should beware of job traps and work injuries (18 May 2008)
  
  
• LD holds exhibition on Employment Ordinance and Wage Protection Movement (9 May 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (8 May 2008)
  
  
• 45 illegal workers and employers arrested in two weeks (24 April 2008)
  
  
• Tin Shui Wai youth job fair offers about 2,000 vacancies (20 April 2008)
  
  
• LD assists Oasis employees (18 April 2008)
  
  
• Employers should set work arrangements for rainstorms and typhoons (18 April 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for breaching Employment Ordinance (17 April 2008)
  
  
• LD calls for work safety measures in bad weather (17 April 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $90,000 for wage offences (15 April 2008)
  
  
• Labour Department's Youth Employment Start opens (12 April 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (11 April 2008)
  
  
• General holidays for 2009 published (11 April 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offence (10 April 2008)
  
  
• Employers should set work arrangements for rainstorms and typhoons (1 April 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (31 March 2008)
  
  
• LD urges for vigilance on occupational safety and health in construction industry (30 March 2008)
  
  
• Owners' corporations and committees commended for joining Wage Protection Movement (29 March 2008)
  
  
• Appointments to the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund Board (28 March 2008)
  
  
• Employment protection in place for injured employees (18 March 2008)
  
  
• Youth Employment Start in Kwai Fong opens tomorrow (18 March 2008)
  
  
• LD advises employers, employees to take precautionary flu measures (16 March 2008)
  
  
• Contractor fined $42,000 for violating safety rules (12 March 2008)
  
  
• Company directors fined $90,000 for wage offences (11 March 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (6 March 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for committing wage and holiday offences (29 February 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $30,000 for wage offence (28 February 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined $50,000 for wage offences (28 February 2008)
  
  
• Retail industry job fair offers more than 2,600 vacancies (24 February 2008)
  
  
• Work safety in the catering industry improves significantly (23 February 2008)
  
  
• Employer fined for wage offences (22 February 2008)
  
  
• Catering industry job fair offers more than 2,400 vacancies (17 February 2008)
  
  
• Youth training and employment schemes to start recruitment (15 February 2008)
  
  
• Proprietor fined for violation of safety rules (11 February 2008)
  
  
• Workplace safety urged after Chinese New Year holidays (10 February 2008)
  
  
• Sixty illegal workers and employers arrested in joint operation (4 February 2008)
  
  

• Employer fined for wage and holiday pay offences (24 January 2008)

• Business Registration Certificate levy to be reduced (18 January 2008)

• Amendments to wage and employment records begin tomorrow (12 January 2008)

• Public invited to exhibition on Employment Ordinance (11 January 2008)

• 16 illegal workers and employers arrested in joint operation (8 January 2008)

• Restaurant director sentenced to community service for wage offences (7 January 2008)

• Proprietor fined $35,000 for violation of safety rules (4 January 2008)