Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Following is a question by the Hon Kwok Wai-keung and a reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, in the Legislative Council today (September 25):
Question:
There are views that the existing “Code of Practice in Times of Adverse Weather and ‘Extreme Conditions'” (the Code) formulated by the Labour Department (LD) lacks a legally binding effect and contains an ambiguous definition of “designated staff”, which is not conducive to safeguarding employees’ safety and interests. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(1) of the number of requests for assistance and complaints received by the LD over the past three years from employees who were dismissed, had their wages, good attendance bonus, allowances, annual leave, statutory holidays or rest days deducted owing to their inability to resume duty or inability to resume duty on time due to adverse weather or extreme conditions, or were asked for additional hours of work to compensate for the loss of working hours when they were unable to report for duty;