Labour Tribunal Ordinance

(1)
The tribunal may include in the amount of an award interest at the rate specified in subsection (4) on the whole or any part of the amount claimed for the whole or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the award.
(2)
The powers conferred by subsection (1) may be
exercised—
(a)
whether or not interest is expressly claimed;
(b)
at any time after the date of the award if it appears to the tribunal that the failure to claim or to award interest was through inadvertence; and
(c)
if an award is made ex parte against the defendant.
(3)
An award shall carry interest at the rate specified in subsection (4) on the aggregate amount thereof, or on such part thereof as for the time being remains unsatisfied, from the date of the award until satisfaction.
(4)
The rate of interest specified for the purpose of subsections (1) and (3) shall be the rate from time to time applicable to judgment debts under
section 50
of the District Court Ordinance (
Cap. 336
).
(Added
5 of 1986 s. 2
. Amended
10 of 2005 s. 222
)