RESTAURANT workers have called for tougher regulations to protect them from dismissal by employers trying to avoid long-service payments.
Unionists urged the Government to extend unfair dismissal legislation.
Workers from the Ocean Palace restaurant and nightclub said they feared another 60 to 70 staff - who were close to five years' service - would be sacked in the coming months.
More than 40 staff have been fired in the past two months, most of whom were about to complete five years - a criterion for long service payment.
The restaurant, employing more than 300 staff, has operated in Tsim Sha Tsui for more than 18 years.
'There are about 60 to 70 workers who will reach five years' service by the end of the year.
'Every day we work in fear because it may be our turn to receive a letter of dismissal from our supervisor,' said a Mr Cheng, who refused to give his full name.
