Employer ordered to pay MPF non-payment
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    In the District Court the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) obtained an order against an employer for payment of outstanding MPF contributions owed to employees at around $84,000.

     The District Court earlier issued a judgment against an employer. The defendant, Drawings & Design Limited, was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $84,159.29, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to two employees of the defendant.

     The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as it is received by the MPFA.  The court further ordered the defendant to pay $2,000 to the MPFA as the cost of the claim.

Ends/Friday, March 3, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:39

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