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Amounts
of Five Compensation Items
under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance Raised
- The Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO)
provides for the payment of compensation to employees and family members of the
deceased employees for occupational diseases, injuries or deaths caused by accidents
arising out of and in the course of employment.
- The amendments
to the ECO, as passed by the Legislative Council on 30 June 2010, to increase
the amounts of five compensation items have taken effect from 1 August 2010. The
new levels of compensation are applicable to work accidents which happen on or
after 1 August 2010. Details of the amendments are as follows:
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| Item under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance |
Original Level($) | Revised
Level with effect from 1.8.2010 ($) | | 1 |
Ceiling of monthly earnings for calculating compensation for death and permanent
total incapacity | 21,000 | 21,500 |
| 2 | Minimum compensation
for death | 303,000 | 310,000 |
| 3 | Minimum compensation
for permanent total incapacity | 344,000 |
352,000 | | 4 |
Compensation for attention | 412,000 |
422,000 | | 5 |
Minimum amount of surcharge on late payment of compensation - initial
surcharge
- further surcharge
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