https://www.scmp.com/rss/10582/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A travel firm is suing Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting for business losses suffered during the demonstrations. There may be others contemplating similar claims. As a matter of legal and social policy, business losses that are not intentionally caused and inflicted on a targeted victim are not protected by civil law. Such losses are expected to lie where they fall. This is part of the give-and-take of living in a free society that follows market principles, in which no one is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1613772/whos-responsible-business-losses-protesters-or-government?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1613772/whos-responsible-business-losses-protesters-or-government?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:34:14 +0000 Trade unions came into existence in the 19th century as a response to the abuses of the capitalist system. They were needed to redress the power imbalance between employers and individual workers. Today, trade unions are legal in Hong Kong, their status recognised in domestic legislation and in the Basic Law; even the right to strike is embedded in Article 27. A trade union represents its members in collective bargaining. This function was highly valued in 20th-century Britain. Very few labour... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1227617/workers-let-down-sorry-state-hong-kong-labour-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1227617/workers-let-down-sorry-state-hong-kong-labour-law?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The recent decision by the Court of First Instance, ordering flat owners in a 30-year-old Aberdeen building to pay $25 million as their share of responsibility for death and injuries caused by a collapsed canopy and fish tank, came as a shock to many in Hong Kong. The owners were only one of five parties found to be at fault for failing to properly maintain the building. They were found to be 15 per cent to blame, as were the developers. The remaining 70 per cent of the blame was placed mainly... https://www.scmp.com/article/482402/sound-investment-safer-homes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/482402/sound-investment-safer-homes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:00:00 +0000 The Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO) is an important piece of labour legislation in that it is the main mechanism for the compensation of work-related injury and disease in Hong Kong. Compensation is a matter of entitlement. A claim does not require court action, and so the system is faster and more efficient than ordinary court claims under the common law. However, is it efficient enough? The question is particularly pertinent in the wake of Sars, which has spawned a dramatic increase... https://www.scmp.com/article/453199/adding-insult-injury?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/453199/adding-insult-injury?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:00:00 +0000