AL sub-committee reach consensus on dismissal compensation

Legislators of the second standing committee of the Legislative Assembly have reached consensus on the bill amending the dismissal compensation of the Labour Relations Law, the chairman of the sub-committee, Chan Chak Mo, told reporters yesterday.
The amendments, proposed by the government and which passed the first reading last year, suggested that the upper limits of compensation paid by employers to employees upon unreasonable dismissal be increased to MOP20,000 (US$2,500) from the current MOP14,000.
Mr. Chan said that despite legislators of the sub-committee holding different opinions on the amount of upper limit for such compensation, they agreed to accept the current amount proposed by the government and review the amount two years after, as the bill regulates.
According to Mr. Chan, the submission of the sub-committee for the bill was signed yesterday, meaning that the bill will be sent for its final reading in a plenary session of the AL.
K.L.