Company and its director fined for wage offences and default on Labour Tribunal award

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     Thebest Supplies (Hong Kong) Limited and its director were prosecuted by the Labour Department for committing wage offences and defaulting on the sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal (LT) under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company and its director earlier pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts. The company and its director were also ordered by the court to clear the outstanding LT-awarded sum of about $33,000 to the employee concerned. The company and its director were both fined $33,000, totalling $66,000, at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (November 11).

     The company failed to pay wages within seven days after the expiry of the wage period and termination of employment, as required by EO. Also, the company failed to pay an employee the awarded sum of about $33,000 within 14 days after the payment date specified in the LT award.

     The director concerned was convicted as the above offences committed by the company were proved to have been committed with the consent, or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of the director.

     "The judgment will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors, managers, secretaries and other similar officers of companies, that they have to pay wages to employees in accordance with the EO and the awarded sums according to the terms of the awards issued by the LT," a spokesman for the Labour Department said.

     "The Labour Department will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

Ends/Friday, November 11, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:00

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