Retraining

Audits should check value of job schemes

7 Apr 2010

An unpopular tax is generally a bad one. The domestic helpers' levy, troubling in both fairness and logic, was no exception when introduced in 2003.

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Younger people get retraining chance

25 Oct 2007

More and younger people may apply for the Employees' Retraining Scheme starting from December 1. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said the waiting time between...

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Workforce to benefit from levy billions

4 Sep 2007

Board says it will put HK$3.26b to good use

The Employees Retraining Board has vowed to put a HK$3.26 billion windfall - eight times its annual budget - to good use, but it is still...

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Starting out

15 Aug 2007

Job seekers, including fresh graduates, attend a job fair organised by the New Territories Association Retraining Centre and the Labour Department in Sham Shui Po yesterday.

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Jobseekers shun travel cash offer

25 Apr 2006

Scheme to encourage work away from home districts attracts just 5 applicants

A plan by the financial secretary to encourage the unemployed to travel out of their home districts for...

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City Briefs

6 Oct 2003

II caught after coming to hk under a truck

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Retraining body may set tests

Workers in the service industry may face assessment tests after a new retraining body is established.

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Audit panel criticises job board

The Audit Commission will question the cost-effectiveness of courses run by the Employees' Retraining Board in a report released today.

This is the first time the Employees'...

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Red tape, red faces

With so many different groups working under the Employees Retraining Board, it should have had all the backup necessary to make the schemes unqualified successes. But as so often happens in...

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Sacked employees offered retraining

Thirty-seven paging operators were yesterday offered retraining after their demand for reinstatement fell through.

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Jobless workers given chance of snapping up jobs as cabin cleaners

Airlines and the Airport Authority are giving retrained jobless workers first chance at snapping up 620 jobs as cabin cleaners, car park attendants and other cleaning positions at the new airport...

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Bosses urged to be more flexible on recruitment

Bosses have been urged to help boost employment by overlooking academic qualifications or age considerations when recruiting low-ranking staff.

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