Company director sentenced to 180 hours' community service order for contravening Employment Ordinance

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     A director of Lai Pak Engineering Company Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for failing to pay wages to two employees and a sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal (LT) in accordance with the Employment Ordinance (EO). The director pleaded guilty earlier at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts and was sentenced to 180 hours' community service order today (April 24).

     The company failed to pay two employees, in accordance with the requirement of the EO, wages totalling about $371,000 within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and termination of their employment contracts, and also failed to pay the awarded sum totalling about $396,000 within 14 days after the date set by the LT. The director concerned was prosecuted and convicted for his consent, connivance or neglect in the above offences committed by the company.

     "The judgment will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors and responsible officers of companies that they have to pay employees' wages within the time limit stipulated in the EO and awarded sums as ordered by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board," a spokesman for the LD said.

     "The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

Ends/Monday, April 24, 2023
Issued at HKT 15:36

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