Labour Advisory Board

28 Mar 2013

As pressure grows for the city to import more workers, two veteran labour advisers are urging the government to safeguard local workers' rights by using an existing recruiting mechanism and not...

5:44AM

Labour advisory panel backs MPF changes

17 Jan 2013

A government advisory body has backed a plan that would save 70,000 low-income people from having to contribute to their MPF accounts while 400,000 would have to pay more.

3:50AM

Briefs, December 9, 2012

9 Dec 2012

Two men were arrested after a brawl over a receipt in a Cheung Sha Wan restaurant.

3:59AM

Talking points

8 Dec 2012

Romanians head for the polls

2:37AM

Lawmakers need to press ahead on paternity leave

30 Nov 2012

Paternity leave for working fathers appears to be a step closer to reality after employer and labour representatives on a government panel agreed to make it part of the law. The breakthrough is...

1:17AM

Hong Kong men in private sector move closer to paid paternity leave

27 Nov 2012

Men who work in the private sector are moving closer to enjoying paid paternity leave after government advisers endorsed the administration's proposal for three days off.

7:30AM

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

More views sought on standard working hours

The administration is seeking more feedback from employers and unions on its scheme to create standard working hours, sending its key study report to the Labour Advisory Board next week, the...

8:40AM

Row escalates over care home nurses

Nursing home managers protested outside the chief executive's office yesterday, urging an end to a Labour Advisory Board boycott of foreign workers that they say has placed 'unfair' strain on...

1:41AM

Unions boycott Imported labour

Workers' representatives on the Labour Advisory Board will stop processing Supplementary Labour Scheme applications after discovering that some firms have been 'bypassing' them and importing...

11:37PM

Advisers support holiday plan

The Labour Advisory Board agrees to a government proposal that when Lunar New Year's Day or the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday, the substitute holiday will be on the...

6:32AM

Consensus on pay settlements

Representatives of bosses and workers on the Labour Advisory Board have reached consensus on a government proposal to make non-payment of Labour Tribunal awards a criminal offence.

4:29AM

Advisory board backs cut in wages levy Joshua But

The Labour Advisory Board voted unanimously yesterday to endorse a proposal to cut the levy of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, which exceeded HK$1 billion this month.

7:35AM