The fifth wave of the new crown pneumonia outbreak in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government once again decided to significantly tighten community distance and restrictions on gatherings. At present, in addition to the ban on dine-in in the catering industry, 15 listed premises are also required to suspend business. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor last week May (January 14) announced that relevant measures will be extended to the third day of the Chinese New Year (February 3).
Relevant industries bear the brunt of the epidemic, and both employers and practitioners need to bear great economic pressure.
Probably seeing this, the government decided to launch a new round of anti-epidemic funds totaling 3.57 billion yuan to provide subsidies to the affected industries.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the launch of the Anti-epidemic Fund 5.0.
(Photo by Zhang Haowei))
However, the new round of anti-epidemic funds will still be based on the previous round of arrangements, and the problems and blind spots that have been criticized by all walks of life have been inherited.
On Tuesday (January 11), the Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference with a number of affected trade unions, pointing out two main problems: First, the previous "employment protection" support was only in the hands of employers, while workers It is difficult to get direct funding; secondly, freelancers are also not benefited because they are not employed by any company.
In short, the working class who should receive direct support during the epidemic has been ignored and has become the biggest loser in society.
For details, please read the 300th issue of "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly (January 17, 2022) "
Helping up the working class who fell out of social security
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