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Written by: Yuan Shu
2020-06-22 10:27
Last update date: 2020-06-22 10:38The government has launched the first phase of the "employment protection plan", which will accept applications from the 25th of last month until the 14th of June. The government announced today (22nd) the list of the first batch of employers receiving wage subsidies, the amount of wage subsidies and the number of employees promised to be paid, covering a total of 25,500 employers, involving a wage subsidy of 4.8 billion yuan, with more than 200,000 people promised to be paid.
Among them, Yanghe Medical Group Co., Ltd. received about 85.94 million yuan for 3238 employees; followed by fashion retailer IT, applied for about 47.1 million yuan; third place was Hong Kong Television Network Co., Ltd., which operates online shopping, received more than 32.74 million yuan. yuan.
Yanghe Bag is listed on the 85.94 million China Airlines list
The newly announced list has a total of about 25,500 employers receiving subsidies. Among them, Yanghe Medical Group Co., Ltd., which receives the most, receives about 85.94 million yuan for 3238 employees, and the second is the fashion retailer IT, applying for about 47.1 million yuan. The third The name is Hong Kong Television Network Co., Ltd., which operates online shopping, and receives 32.74 million yuan a month. In addition, there are many well-known enterprises in the list, such as Toshiba Hong Kong Co., Ltd. received a subsidy of about 1.19 million yuan, Panasonic Electric Co., Ltd. received 7.21 million yuan.
The aviation industry that was hit hard by the epidemic has also applied for several companies, such as China Airlines Co., Ltd. received about 6.12 million, Evergreen Airlines Co., Ltd. received about 1.94 million, and China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. operated China Southern Airlines Hong Kong Sales Department. Received 580,000 subsidies and so on.
In addition, the more high-profile "Yellow Store" in the anti-revision demonstrations and Abu Thai Life Department Store, which has repeatedly sent out epidemic prevention materials, were also on the list, receiving 1.37 million subsidies; Dazge Co., Ltd. received 475,000;
↓↓↓↓ The list of employers who have been approved for salary subsidies in the first phase is as follows ↓↓↓↓
https://www.ess.gov.hk/zh/granted_companies.html
98% of the applicant employers are SMEs with less than 50 employees
The first phase of the "employment protection" program ends at midnight on June 14. The government received a total of 168,799 employer applications, accounting for about two-thirds of the number of eligible employers. In the past two weeks, the government has issued a total of about 11.4 billion yuan in wage subsidies to two batches of 59,500 employers, promising 490,000 employees; 98% of the two batches of employers are SMEs with fewer than 50 employees. The spokesman said that after successfully depositing wage subsidies into the designated bank accounts of the second batch of employers, the list of relevant employers will be announced, and the remaining applications will be approved as soon as possible and wage subsidies will be paid to the successful applicants. The spokesperson reminded once again that applicants who received follow-up emails from the secretariat or agents must reply and/or provide the required information within the specified period, otherwise the secretariat or agents will not be able to approve the application.
The spokesman pointed out that employers must fulfill their commitments after receiving wage subsidies. During the three-month period of receiving the first subsidy (June to August 2020), the number of paid employees in any month cannot be less than the promised The number of salaried employees (that is, the total number of employees employed in March 2020, regardless of whether the employees paid in March), and the monthly subsidies must be used to pay the employees' wages for the month.
The spokesperson emphasized that if the total number of paid employees in any month during the subsidy period is less than the total number of employees in March 2020 (regardless of whether the employees paid in March), the employer must report to the government Pay fines. In addition, if the employer does not use the full amount of the current month's subsidy to pay the employee's salary for the same month during the three-month period of receiving the subsidy, the government will recover the amount of the subsidy that has not been used to pay the salary. If an employer abuses or violates the conditions of the plan, employees or members of the public can report to the "Secure Employment" plan secretariat, and the authorities will definitely follow up. For enquiries on labor disputes related to the provisions of the Employment Regulations or employment conditions, please contact the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department.
The Government is reviewing the experience and arrangements of the first phase of the "employment protection" program, and will announce the details of the second phase of the application later. The goal is to issue the second phase of subsidies in September this year to pay for the Salary from month to November.
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