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An employer in the catering industry, Ms Law Chui-shan, was fined $12,000 in Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (August 21) for holiday pay offences under the Employment Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The employer failed to grant the holiday pay of the day immediately preceding the Lunar New Year, the second day of Lunar New Year, the third day of Lunar New Year and the Ching Ming Festival this year to an employee.
The Employment Ordinance says that an employee who has been employed under a continuous contract for not less than three months immediately preceding a statutory holiday is entitled to holiday pay which should be paid not later than the day on which the employee is next paid his wages after that statutory holiday.
Any employer who fails to do so is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000.
The Labour Department urged employees who were owed wages to call its complaint hotline, 2815 2200.
Ends/Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:39
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