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  • Labour in Focus
    Various labour affairs will be highlighted in this new column to enhance understanding on the work of the Labour Department and to strengthen people's knowledge of different labour issues...
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  • Minimum Wage Ordinance
    The Minimum Wage Ordinance, which was passed by the Legislative Council on 17 July 2010, was gazetted on 23 July 2010. The Ordinance will come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare by notice published in the Gazette...

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  • Amendments to Levels of Compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance
    The amounts of five compensation items under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance have been raised from 1 August 2010..
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  • Catering Industry Safety Award Scheme (2010/2011)
    The Labour Department and key stakeholders of the industry have been jointly organising the Catering Industry Safety Award Scheme since 1999 with the objectives of fostering an occupational safety and health culture and promoting safe work practices in the industry...

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  • Catering Industry Safety Award Scheme (2010/2011) - Safety Quiz Competition
    This information is only provided with Chinese version. To get information in English, please contact us at 2852 3565...

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  • Customer Service Teams Project
    The Labour Department and the Social Welfare Department jointly organise the Customer Service Teams Project with the objective of promoting occupational safety and health to catering establishments and small and medium-sized enterprises through the assistance of recruited volunteers...

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  • Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010
    The Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 was gazetted on 7 May 2010. Under the ordinance, an employer who wilfully and without reasonable excuse fails to pay any sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal and Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board is liable to prosecution. The Government has gazetted the commencement notice of the amendment ordinance. The ordinance will come into operation on 29 October 2010...

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  • Checklist for Risk Assessment of Outdoor Work under High Air Pollution Levels
    Records show that Hong Kong experiences a number of high air pollution incidents every year when the General Air Pollution Index (API) reaches the "Very High" level...

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  • Family-Friendly Employment Practices
    The Labour Department has produced a video on Family-Friendly Employment Practices (FFEPs) to let members of the public know how an enterprise, through implementing these employee-oriented good people management practices, can help their employees balance their work and family responsibilities...

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  • Work Orientation and Placement Scheme
    Employers who employ disabled persons under the scheme can receive a financial incentive up to HK$4,000 per month and the subsidy period can be up to six months...
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