Director also ordered to pay two employees approximately $439,000
16 May 2025
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The former director of Ace Technology Group Limited has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service for committing wage-related violations.
The Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts handed down the sentence after finding that the company "wilfully and without reasonable excuse" breached the requirements of Hong Kong's Employment Ordinance.
Among the company's violations was its failure to pay two employees' wages and payment in lieu of notice within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and the termination of employment contracts, totalling about $306,000.
It also failed to pay the awarded sums of about $439,000 within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal.
According to the court, the former director was prosecuted and convicted for his "consent, connivance, or neglect" in the offences.
In addition to the 200-hour community service, the former director was also ordered to pay the two employees an outstanding sum of about $439,000.
"The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors, and responsible officers of companies that they have personal liability to ensure payment of wages and sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO," a spokesperson for the Labour Department said in a statement.
"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort...
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