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Protection of Wages on Insolvency (Amendment) Ordinance 2012
The Protection of Wages on Insolvency (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 was passed by the Legislative Council on 18 April 2012 and gazetted on 27 April 2012.
The ordinance aims to amend the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Ordinance to expand the scope of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund to cover pay for untaken annual leave and untaken statutory holidays under the Employment Ordinance. The Government has gazetted the commencement notice to appoint 29 June 2012 for the ordinance to come into operation ....

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Pilot Employment Navigator Programme
The salary ceiling for granting cash incentive under the Programme has been adjusted upwards to HK$7,300. The revised salary ceiling is applicable to eligible participants who commence employment on or after 1 April 2012 ...
 

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Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme
The monthly household income and asset limits of the Scheme have been adjusted upwards across the board. Please note the application deadline...

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Statutory Minimum Wage
The Statutory Minimum Wage comes into force on 1 May 2011 and the initial Statutory Minimum Wage rate is $28 per hour ...
 

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Interactive Employment Service Mobile Application
The Interactive Employment Service (“iES”) mobile applications for iOS and Android platform are launched. The public can download the ...
 

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New videos on successful employment of people with disabilities
To enhance public awareness of the working abilities of people with disabilities, the Selective Placement Division has produced a brand new series of videos ...
 

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General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays)(Amendment) Ordinance 2011
General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays)(Amendment) Ordinance 2011 becomes effective on 24 February 2012. It amends the Employment Ordinance (EO) and the General Holidays Ordinance (GHO) to change the day that is to be substituted as a statutory holiday and general holiday where any of the first three days of a Lunar New Year or the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday ...
 

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Minimum Wage Reference Calculator
Facilitating employers and employees in computing minimum wage ...

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Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme 2011/2012
The results of Site Safety Competition (Chinese version only).....

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Topical Issues
+ Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme
+ Work Safety Alert
+Statutory Minimum Wage
+Minimum Wage Reference Calculator
+Employment Programme for the Middle-aged
Useful Information
+ Employers Must Take out Employees’ Compensation Insurance
+Latest Labour Market Situation
+ Statutory Holidays for 2013
+Statutory Holidays for 2012
+Monthly Highlight of Job Seekers with Disabilities
+Prepare Work Arrangements in times of Typhoons and Rainstorms Promptly (PDF)
+Guidelines for Notification of Your Workplace (Notification Form)(PDF)
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Lists of Typical Courses in Occupational Safety and Health accepted as Continuing Professional Development Programmes

Publications
+ Labour
Department Environmental Report for 2010
+ Labour Department Annual Report 2010
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Other Activities
Occupational Health Talk (conducted in Chinese)
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5.2012 (PDF)

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6.2012 (PDF)

Seminar on Employment Ordinance (Conducted in Chinese)
+ 29.5.2012 (PDF)
Construction Safety Week
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Latest Amendments to Labour Laws
+Commencement of the Second Phase Certification Requirement of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Loadshifting Machinery) Regulation
+ Summary of Major Amendments to the Employment Ordinance and the General Holidays Ordinance made under the General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays) (Amendment) Ordinance 2011
+ Summary of Major Amendments to the Employment Ordinance made under the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010
+Amendments to Levels of Compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance
+Amendments under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance to recognise certification given by Chinese medicine practitioners
+Summary of Major Amendments made under the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2008
+ Summary of Major Amendments to the Employment Ordinance made under the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 (PDF)
+Summary of Major Amendments to the Employment Ordinance made under the Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006 (PDF)
+ Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Loadshifting Machinery) Regulation
+The maximum penalty for wage offences has been raised
+The Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Gas Welding and Flame Cutting) Regulation has come into full operation on 1 March 2004
+Amendments to the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and three other regulations
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