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Hong Kong – Company and its director fined $50,000 for contravening Employment Ordinance

Company and its director fined $50,000 for contravening Employment Ordinance ****************************************************************************      Elegant Engineering (Asia) Company Limited and its director were prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for failing to pay wages and defaulting on the sums awarded by the Labour Tribunal (LT) with respect to one employee, contrary to the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company and its director pleaded guilty today (November 18) at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts and were each fined $25,000, making a total of $50,000. The company and its director were also ordered by the court to pay the employee an outstanding sum of about ... Read more