Details of the subsidy amount given to employers will be disclosed to the public and also to Hong Kong's workers. A senior official told Hong Kong's employers today that they must ensure the proposed wage subsidy of up to HK$9,000 is given directly to workers and that no one is laid off. Details of the subsidy amount given to employers will be disclosed to the public and also to the workers, the Chief Secretary, Matthew Cheung Kin-chung told a radio programTwo criteria are important, he said. “It is incumbent on the employers concerned to ensure that there is no redundancy once they join the scheme,'' he said. If employers use the subsidy for other purposes, it will be totally unacceptable, he said.

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 06:22 UTC