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Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union receives numerous unemployment assistance requests
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union (HKCTU) chairman, Carol Ng pointed out that HKCTU received numerous requests for assistance in the past few months because the government has failed to assist them through the 81 billion HKD employment subsidy. Some employers used fake identities to get the subsidies, while some even fired their own employees in order to get the subsidy.
HKCTU received 47 cases, of which 28% were employees forced to take no-pay leave, 19% reported that their companies fired them after getting the subsidy, 15% were changed from monthly paid to daily paid, 11% had their salaries reduced, and 11% had decreased working hours. 20% of the employees agreed that the employment subsidy cannot help workers at all.
HKCTU committee member Wong Yu-loi pointed out that there were 5 major loopholes in this scheme. First, the government has failed to regulate the allocation of the subsidy, causing the management level to benefit the most, while workers of lower ranks cannot get the help they need.
Retail, Commerce and Clothing Industries General Union director Cheung Lai-ha also said that many corporations asked theur employees to go on no-pay leave or to change their employment terms to an hourly basis after they received the subsidy. She suspected that these companies just want to get more subsidies from the headcount, but these employees are only allowed to work for a few days, causing them to be paid less as a whole.
Source: Stand news
#Jul9 #employmentsubsidy #HKCTU
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union receives numerous unemployment assistance requests
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union (HKCTU) chairman, Carol Ng pointed out that HKCTU received numerous requests for assistance in the past few months because the government has failed to assist them through the 81 billion HKD employment subsidy. Some employers used fake identities to get the subsidies, while some even fired their own employees in order to get the subsidy.
HKCTU received 47 cases, of which 28% were employees forced to take no-pay leave, 19% reported that their companies fired them after getting the subsidy, 15% were changed from monthly paid to daily paid, 11% had their salaries reduced, and 11% had decreased working hours. 20% of the employees agreed that the employment subsidy cannot help workers at all.
HKCTU committee member Wong Yu-loi pointed out that there were 5 major loopholes in this scheme. First, the government has failed to regulate the allocation of the subsidy, causing the management level to benefit the most, while workers of lower ranks cannot get the help they need.
Retail, Commerce and Clothing Industries General Union director Cheung Lai-ha also said that many corporations asked theur employees to go on no-pay leave or to change their employment terms to an hourly basis after they received the subsidy. She suspected that these companies just want to get more subsidies from the headcount, but these employees are only allowed to work for a few days, causing them to be paid less as a whole.
Source: Stand news
#Jul9 #employmentsubsidy #HKCTU