An employer of an advertising company has been convicted and sentenced to two months' imprisonment for committing wage offences under the Employment Ordinance at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts. The prosecution was taken out by the Labour Department.

The defendant employed seven youngsters from September to December in 2002 to conduct telephone surveys for the advertising company. The employees were each owed wages ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 after termination of employment. The Department took out prosecution after collecting sufficient evidence and securing the consent of the employees to act as prosecution witnesses. However, the defendant left Hong Kong and did not appear in the court hearing.

The court then issued an arrest warrant. When the defendant returned to Hong Kong early this year, he was arrested and brought before the court for hearing. He was convicted yesterday and given an immediate jail sentence for two months.

...back to 1 September 2005


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Employer given two-month imprisonment for wage offences

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