Company failed to pay four employees within seven days after expiry of wage periods
04 Apr 2025
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A biotechnology firm and its director in Hong Kong have been fined a total of $50,000 for violating wage-related regulations in the financial hub.
The GeneHarbor (Hong Kong) Biotechnologies Limited and its director were slapped with the fine after pleading guilty at the Shatin Magistrates' Court last week.
According to the Labour Department, GeneHarbor failed to pay four employees' wages totalling $312,000 within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods.
"The company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO (Employment Ordinance)," the Labour Department said in the media release.
The director concerned was also prosecuted and convicted for his consent, connivance, or neglect in the offence.
"The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors and responsible officers of companies that they have to pay wages to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO," a spokesperson from the LD said in a statement.
"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights."
Hong Kong's Employment Ordinance states that employers "should pay wages to an employee as soon as practicable but in any case not later than seven days after the end of the wage period."
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