Labour Legislation and Labour Standards
The momentum in improving working conditions, Occupational Safety and health and employees’ rights and benefits has been kept up through an extensive programme of labour legislation. Some 42 pieces of legislation were enacted between 1997 and 2001. More are in the pipeline. Hong Kong aims at applying relevant International labour standards as the local circumstances allow. As of 28 April 2000, Hong Kong is following 40 Conventions, exceeding most countries in the region.
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