Hong Kong’s Swire Coca-Cola has agreed to reinstate a fired lorry driver after workers staged a strike, with a union claiming the employee’s sacking had constituted an “unfair dismissal” and discrimination against one of its members. The company’s decision followed a three-hour discussion with staff representatives on Friday night. The Swire Beverages (HK) Employees General…
The Wall Street Journal has denied violating Hong Kong labour laws for its dismissal of an employee after she was elected the head of the city’s largest journalist union last year. Counsel for Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia), a branch of the company that runs the United States-based newspaper, said in a letter to Eastern…
The tax filing season in Hong Kong is in full swing, with June 2 marking the deadline for most individuals. Tax audits have come under scrutiny recently after at least 20 journalists raised concerns about “unreasonable” reviews targeting them and their families. The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) Commissioner dismissed these claims, stressing that assessment procedures…
A Hong Kong artist known for advocating labour rights has said McDonald’s was “unreasonable” in sacking him for having publicly shared internal operational and commercial information, adding that he found it difficult to file a complaint without a proper contract. Luke Ching Chin-wai, a former part-time janitor at a McDonald’s outlet in Fortune Plaza Arcade…