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Pakco Security (HK) Limited was fined $51,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (April 27) for committing wage offences under the Employment Ordinance. The prosecution was taken out by the Labour Department.
The employer company failed to pay wages to 11 employees within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods as required by the Employment Ordinance.
According to Section 23 of the Employment Ordinance, wages due upon expiry of the last day of the wage period must be paid as soon as practicable but in any case not later than seven days thereafter. Any employer who fails to do so wilfully and without reasonable excuse is liable to a maximum fine of $350,000 and to imprisonment for three years.
Ends/Monday, April 27, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:31
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