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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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• To employees of Tai Lin Radio Service Ltd.
  Employees of Tai Lin Radio Service Ltd. are advised to download the form for Preliminary Application for Ex-gratia Payment from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund and return the completed form to the Labour Department. The Labour Department will contact you and to render service to protect your employment rights and interests...
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• To employees of U-Right International Ltd. and U-Right (Hong Kong) Ltd
  Employees of U-Right International Ltd. and U-Right (Hong Kong) Ltd. are advised to download the form for Preliminary Application for Ex-gratia Payment from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund and return the completed form to the Labour Department. The Labour Department will contact you and to render service to protect your employment rights and interests...
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• LD and CIIF are jointly calling for collaborative proposals to enhance the employability of youths
  For the first time, the Labour Department's YPTP and YWETS and the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund (CIIF) join hands to launch collaborative projects for promotion of youth employment. Target participants include trainees of YPTP and YWETS with difficulty securing employment and other young people aged 15 to 24 facing employment problems. Featured in the 14th batch of CIIF application, NGOs, schools, business and professional bodies are invited to submit project proposals...
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• New Amendments made to the Employees' Compensation Ordinance
  Amendments made to the Employees' Compensation Ordinance to recognise registered Chinese medicine practitioners have come into operation on 1 September 2008. The amendments are applicable to work injuries caused by accidents happening on or after 1 September 2008...
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• Joint Application of the YPTP and YWETS
  The YPTP and YWETS provide a wide range of pre-employment and on-the-job training to young people aged 15 to 24. Joint application of both programmes is underway. Act now to download the application form...
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• Catering Industry Safety Award Scheme (2008/2009)
  The Labour Department and key stakeholders of the industry have been jointly organising safety award schemes since 1999 with the objectives of fostering a good safety and health culture and promoting safe work practices in the industry ...
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• Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2008
  Amendments under the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 to make cancerous mesothelioma a compensable disease took effect on 18 April 2008...
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• Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme 2008/2009
  To raise the safety and health awareness of contractors, site personnel and workers of the construction industry, the Labour Department and the key stakeholders of the industry jointly organise the "Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme 2008/2009" ...
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Useful Information

• Watch out for Impostors
• Latest Labour Market Situation

• Statutory Holidays for 2009
  
  
• Statutory Holidays for 2008
  
  
• Monthly Highlight of Disabled Job Seekers

• Prepare Work Arrangements in times of Typhoons and Rainstorms Promptly (PDF)
  
  
• Guidelines for Notification of Your Workplace (Notification Form)(PDF)

Publications

• Labour Department Environmental Report for 2006
• Labour Department Annual Report 2007
  
  
• Concerted Effort for Better Protection-Points to Note for Employers of the Construction Industry (PDF) (C)
  
  
• Concerted Effort for Better Protection-Points to Note for Employees of the Construction Industry (PDF) (C)
  
  
• A Guide for Students Seeking Summer Jobs
  
  
• A Concise Guide to the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 (PDF)
  
  
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Other Activities

Occupational Health Talks (conducted in Chinese)

• 12.2008 (PDF)
• 11.2008 (PDF)

Latest Amendments to Labour Laws

• 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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