High Fitness Limited was fined $55,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (July 7) for failing to pay periodical payments in accordance with requirements of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

     On April 26, 2016, a fitness trainer sustained a waist injury while working. The employer failed to pay periodical payments to the employee on the normal paydays or within seven days thereafter as required by the Ordinance.

     Section 10 (10) of the Ordinance stipulates that during the period of temporary incapacity, the employer shall pay the injured employee periodical payments at the rate of four-fifths of the difference between the employee's monthly earnings at the time of the accident and his monthly earnings during the period of temporary incapacity.

     The periodical payments are payable on the injured employee's normal paydays. An employer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to pay within seven days after the due day commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $100,000.

Ends/Friday, July 7, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:56

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