

Safeguard employment priority for local workers
The Fruits of Our Efforts
Revise the "Continuous Contract" requirement under the Employment Ordinance to enhance employee protections.
Implement an annual review mechanism for the statutory minimum wage.
Tighten the manning ratio for imported workers and change the current calculation basis of applying the ratio to each post under application.
Conduct an update of manpower projections to analyse the importation of workers, dynamically adjusting quotas based on employment data to safeguard local employment.
Introduce enhanced measures to safeguard employment priority for local workers - requiring catering industry applying for importation of labour (for junior chefs and wait staff) to conduct on-site recruitment at the Labour Department's job centres.
Conduct inspections to monitor the ratio of imported workers to local workers in enterprises participating in the Supplementary Labour Scheme.
Enhance law enforcement and social media monitoring to precisely target illegal workers.
Improve the work injury compensation mechanism for digital platform workers.
Develop a GBA standard for construction industry talent training, and extend "One Examination, Multiple Certification" to more trades and sectors to enhance the competitiveness of the GBA.
