Tag: employment

Employment agency convicted of attempting to overcharge foreign domestic helper *******************************************************************************      A licensee and an associate of the licensee of an employment agency (EA) were convicted of attempting to overcharge a foreign domestic helper (FDH) and fined a total of $16,000 at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (March 18) for violation of the Employment Ordinance and the Crimes Ordinance.                In September 2022, the Labour Department (LD) received a complaint from an FDH against Saiko Hong, located in Sheung Wan, for charging her an excessive commission. As the investigation revealed sufficient evidence that the licensee of the EA concerned ... Read more

2022 Employment Support Scheme receives nearly 180 000 applications from employers ***********************************************************************************      A Government spokesman said today (May 13) that at the close of applications for the 2022 Employment Support Scheme (2022 ESS) at 11.59pm last night (May 12), the Government had received 176 000 applications from employers, involving about 1 660 000 employees. The response has been overwhelming. Both the number of applications and the number of employees exceed the original estimate by the Government. Moreover, 119 000 self-employed persons (SEPs) submitted their applications.        The spokesman said, “The 2022 ESS, together with the Consumption Voucher Scheme, encourage ... Read more

2022 Employment Support Scheme meets with overwhelming response on first application day (with photo) ******************************************************************************************      A Government spokesman said today (April 29) that the 2022 Employment Support Scheme (2022 ESS) started off with an overwhelming response on its first day of the two-week application period.        “The online application portal was launched at 8am today and has been operating smoothly throughout the day. Up to 6pm today, we have received a total of over 42 000 applications from employers and about 27 000 applications from self-employed persons ,” the Government spokesman said.        The 2022 ESS provides ... Read more

Union Minister for Labour & Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav today released the report of second quarter of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) part of All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES).  The AQEES has been taken up to provide frequent (quarterly) updates about the employment and related variables of establishments in both organized and unorganized segments of nine selected sectors which account for a great majority of the total employment in the non-farm establishments. The nine selected sectors are Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurant, IT/BPO and Financial Services. ... Read more

Post-office employment for former politically appointed official Ms Jade Lai ****************************************************************************      The Advisory Committee on Post-office Employment for Former Chief Executives and Politically Appointed Officials has advised on the proposed employment of Ms Jade Lai, former Political Assistant to the Secretary for Home Affairs, after her departure from the Government on January 20, 2021.       The Advisory Committee considers that, subject to the observance of certain restrictions it has advised, Ms Lai’s proposed employment would not give rise to any potential conflict of interest. The Advisory Committee also does not anticipate adverse public perception to arise from the proposed employment.        ... Read more