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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
An employer was fined $24,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (November 30) after being convicted of offences under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (the Ordinance).
1238 Limited (BR no. 38634162) was charged with an offence under section 7(1) of the Ordinance. The defendant pleaded guilty to a count of failing to enrol an employee in an MPF scheme as required by the Ordinance and was fined $6,000 for the summons.
1238 Limited was also charged with an offence under section 7AA(7) of the Ordinance. The defendant pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to make MPF contributions to the MPFA for an employee who was not a member of a registered scheme within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between June and October 2009. For two of the summonses, the defendant was fined $3,000 each. For the remaining three summonses, it was fined $4,000 each. The total fine was $18,000.
Separately, the MPFA today obtained two orders for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of about $148,000 against two employers at the District Court.
The two employers were Rever French Cut Salon Limited (formerly known as Rever French Cut Limited & French Cut Limited) and Welta Limited. They were ordered to pay the MPFA $96,495.89 and $51,904.66 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to two and 11 employees of the respective defendants.
The amounts awarded will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The District Court ordered each defendant to pay the costs of $930.
Ends/Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Issued at HKT 17:56
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