Employer ordered to pay MPF non-payment
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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:

    The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (June 6) obtained an order in the District Court against an employer for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $150,000.

    The court issued judgment against De Su Fashion Holdings Company Limited which was ordered to pay the MPFA $151,260.33, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 10 employees.

    The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employees’ MPF accounts as soon as it is received by the MPFA. The District Court ordered the defendant to pay costs of $930.

Ends/Friday, June 6, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:56

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