Riders working for Keeta, a major food delivery platform in Hong Kong, are demanding better payment from the company after staging strikes in two areas on Saturday. Dozens of delivery workers, who protested during lunch and dinner hours on Saturday in Tsuen Wan, stated in an open letter that the Meituan-owned platform had reduced their…
The owners of a Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that closed abruptly, leaving about 100 unpaid workers in limbo, have broken their silence, saying they made the difficult decision after selling their own assets and borrowing money in a bid to stay afloat. The city’s Labour minister said on Saturday that the government had been…
The referral of workers to labour authorities to claim unpaid wages is an “irresponsible” move, a lawmaker and a fellow union member have said, slamming the owners of a three-decade-old Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that left more than 100 employees in limbo after its abrupt closure. Speaking ahead of a staff meeting scheduled for…
The referral of workers to labour authorities to claim unpaid wages is an “irresponsible” move, a lawmaker and a rights activist have said, slamming the owners of a three-decade-old Hong Kong congee restaurant chain, which left more than 100 employees in limbo after its abrupt closure. They also said ahead of a staff meeting scheduled…
A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Hong Kong on Tuesday, despite reportedly wearing a safety harness. The 62-year-old scaffolder was working on the fifth floor of a construction site on On Chuen Street, next to the Grace Industrial Building, in Fanling and fell sometime before 3pm. His colleagues found him…
Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers received a pay rise on Thursday, with their hourly wage increasing by HK$2.10 (30 US cents), from HK$40 to HK$42.10, following a recommendation adopted by the government’s key decision-making Executive Council. The Post takes a look at the 5.25 per cent increase, the first since a new formula for adjusting the…
Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers received a pay rise on Thursday, with their hourly wage increasing by HK$2.10 (30 US cents), from HK$40 to HK$42.10, following a recommendation adopted by the government’s key decision-making Executive Council. The Post takes a look at the 5.25 per cent increase, the first since a new formula for adjusting the…
Easing a chronic shortage of manpower by bringing in foreign labour is fair enough providing workers are not abused and Hong Kong residents do not have to worry about their jobs. But it appears this may not be the case with the expanded labour importation scheme following reports of hundreds of restaurant workers being allegedly…
A catering sector union has urged the Hong Kong government to regularly review a scheme to import workers to ease long-standing staff shortages and pause it if needed, saying more than 200 locals had reported being fired and replaced by newcomers. The Eating Establishment Employees General Union said on Thursday that it had received a…
Hong Kong jewellers will be forced to reduce their exposure to the US, scale back operations, relocate production or even close down, as American President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Chinese exports raises levies to as much as 60 per cent, industry leaders have said. The latest tariffs of 34 per cent on…