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Union Harvest Engineering Limited was fined $10,000 at Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (March 31) for wage offences under the Employment Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The employer failed to pay wages to an employee within seven days after the termination of employment.
According to Section 25 of the Employment Ordinance, wages due upon termination of employment must be paid as soon as practicable, but not later than seven days.
Any employer who fails to do so wilfully and without reasonable excuse is liable to a maximum fine of $350,000 and imprisonment for three years.
The Labour Department urged employees who were owed wages to call its complaint hotline, 2815 2200 immediately.
Ends/Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:06
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