Hong Kong bans caterer from importing workers for a year over local hiring breach
Hong Kong’s Labour Department has terminated Kwai Chung-based catering firm Happy Up Corporation Ltd’s application to import workers after it failed to meet the required local hiring ratio. The firm has also been barred from applying to import workers for a year. A Labour Department spokesman said on Tuesday that the administrative sanctions had taken immediate effect under the Enhanced…
Hong Kong's Labour Department has withdrawn the application of catering firm Happy Up Corporation Ltd to import workers, imposing a one-year ban on the company from applying again. The firm, based in Kwai Chung, failed to meet the required ratio of local employees to imported workers, as stipulated by the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS).
The department found that Happy Up had breached the scheme's rules by not prioritizing local workers, a requirement under the ESLS. The company was also prohibited from submitting any future applications for importing workers. The Labour Department emphasized the importance of complying with the scheme's regulations, which include giving preference to suitable local employees.
Penalties for non-compliance can range from halting the processing of applications to revoking approval for imported workers. The ESLS was launched in September 2023 to tackle a shortage of semi-skilled workers, permitting employers to import labor for various roles if they demonstrate difficulties in finding local staff.
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