Epidemic ︱ Penny's Bay Isolation Center security guards are owed wages and MPF Federation of Trade Unions urges the government to follow up

Four and a half months after the outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, the Penny's Bay Isolation and Quarantine Center has shouldered a heavy responsibility, including medical care, cleaning, security and material handling.

The Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference today (14th), pointing out that the security guards in Penny's Bay were delayed in pay by outsourcers, failed to issue pay slips, and did not even open MPF ​​accounts for the employees.

The Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference, pointing out that the security contractor of the Penny's Bay Isolation Center was in arrears with wages and MPF funds, and did not clarify arrangements for confirmed cases during work.

(Screenshot of the FTU Facebook video)

Alleging that the outsourcer did not clarify the salary arrangement for the confirmed diagnosis

Mak Yi-cheong, chairman of the Hong Kong Security and Property Management Practitioners Association, said that outsourced security operators dismissed some employees due to the drop in occupancy, but they have been delayed.

Some security guards are emergency contacts of the confirmed cases due to their work relationship. Until the last working day of April 10, the company did not clarify the salary arrangements for the confirmed cases during work, and only asked employees to take unpaid leave, and the salary arrears continued for two months. as long as.

Some employees claim that they have never signed MPF documents but their salary has been deducted from MPF

Guo Weiqiang mentioned that some security guards said that their employers withheld their MPF contributions, and they did not even know their MPF accounts until now, and even said that they had never signed MPF documents.

He said that the security guard received a dismissal notice on April 7, but the related issues have not been resolved today, which is a very serious incident.

Guo Weiqiang pointed out that the incident involved whether the employer opened a MPF account for the employee, whether he made any contributions after deducting part of the MPF salary, and violated the contract and paid irregular wages.

He emphasized that this is "the place of the Department of Health". If you are diagnosed during work, you should have guidelines such as isolation orders and get sick leave allowances. Now not only are you not getting the allowances, but employers even require employees to take one or two more days off each month for no reason. Pay leave, question whether it involves concealment of employee allowance arrangements, and hope that the Department of Health will clarify.

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Security guards have to do other epidemic prevention work without explaining the arrangements for confirmed diagnosis

Liang Ziying said a total of 80 people were notified of their dismissal on April 7, but the company continued to recruit people to handle the work in the isolation center.

Leung Chi-ying quoted employee complaints, saying that the contract position was a security guard, but other quarantine work was required in Penny's Bay, and the boss had never entered the "dangerous zone" to understand their work conditions.

Some workers said that the company did not explain the arrangements for work after the diagnosis, including whether to quarantine in Penny's Bay, fearing that going home and resting would spread the virus to their family members.

He also pointed out that no formal notice of dismissal has been received, and no salary arrears have been received.

Another worker pointed out that salary arrears began to appear in October and have not been dealt with until now, and asked the employer to give a statement of dismissal, pay all wages, overtime pay, and properly handle the arrangement of the isolation order.

Liang Ziying also pointed out that some employees have been suspended without pay since February and March, but did not arrange work. He questioned whether the company had "idle" employees because of the need to count the number of people to apply for subsidies, and urged the government to conduct an in-depth investigation.

Former Chief Secretary for Administration Li Jiachao visited the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre on the morning of February 2.

(Photo from the website of the Secretary for Home Affairs)

Leung Tsz-ying: DH responds not to handle labor disputes

Leung Tsz-ying emphasized that the work of the Penny's Bay Centre was outsourced by the Department of Health, but she was unable to contact Director Lam Man-kin by calling for several days. When the relevant personnel answered the situation, they said that after the work was outsourced, if there was a labor dispute, "the Department of Health would not I will take care of it," said that it would deal with the content of the contract signed by the Department of Health and the company, and only depend on the quality and quantity of the security guards.

Liang Ziying said that the operator outsourced by the Department of Health did not recognize the isolation order and quarantine order issued by the Department of Health, and arranged related allowances and sick leave arrangements. It is unreasonable to question the outsourcing company's failure to follow the government's practice.

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