Employer fined $70,000 for contravening Employees' Compensation Ordinance

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     BTB Builders Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violation of the requirements under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO). The company was convicted at the Shatin Magistrates' Courts today (May 12) and was fined $70,000.

     A labourer employed by the company sustained foot injury while working on June 8, 2021. His company failed to pay periodical payments to him during the injured employee's period of temporary incapacity on normal paydays or within seven days thereafter as required by the ECO, the amount of which should have been at the rate of four-fifths of the difference between the employee's monthly earnings at the time of the accident and his monthly earnings during the period of temporary incapacity.

     "The ruling helps disseminate a strong message to all employers that they have to pay periodical payments to injured employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the ECO," an LD spokesman said.

     "The LD will not tolerate these offences and will continue to make dedicated efforts in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

Ends/Friday, May 12, 2023
Issued at HKT 15:40

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