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The employer of a foreign domestic helper was sentenced to 120 hours' community service at Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts today (April 26) for failing to pay the sum of about $32,000 to the employee as awarded by the Labour Tribunal. The prosecution was initiated by the Labour Department.
A spokesman for the Labour Department said the judgment would send a strong message to all employers that they have to ensure that payment of awards issued by the Labour Tribunal or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board are duly complied with.
A spokesman for the Labour Department said, "The Labour Department will not tolerate offences of non-compliance of awards issued by the Labour Tribunal or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board and will spare no effort in bringing to justice employers who defy the law."
Ends/Thursday, April 26, 2012
Issued at HKT 15:51
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