Cap. 57activeordinance

Employment Ordinance

僱傭條例

Full legislation

s.57

Prohibited acts in respect of employment agencies

(1)
A
                licensee, or an associate of a licensee, in respect of an employment agency, or a
                person purporting to act as such a licensee or associate, must
                not, directly or
indirectly—
(Amended
8 of 2018 s. 6
)
(a)
receive from any person on account of having obtained, or in connection with
                    obtaining or seeking to obtain, employment for that
person—
(i)
any reward of any kind; or
(ii)
any payment or other advantage in respect of expenses or otherwise,
                        except the prescribed commission;
(Replaced
87 of 1975 s. 2
. Amended
28 of 1992 s. 6
)
(b)
share with any person, other than another licensee or a bona fide partner
                    or shareholder in
                    the
                    employment agency, the prescribed commission; or
(Amended
87 of 1975 s. 2
;
28 of 1992 s. 6
)
(c)
enter, except with the written permission of the Commissioner, into an
                    agreement, express or implied, with any employer
whereby—
(i)
the employer undertakes to employ only persons who seek employment
                        through
                        the
                        employment agency; and
(ii)
the
                        employment
                        agency agrees to pay or give to the employer some form of
                        material benefit.
(Amended
8 of 2018 s. 6
)
(2)
In this
section—
prescribed commission
(
訂明佣金
), in
                relation to an employment agency, means the commission that the employment agency is
                permitted to charge and receive as prescribed by a regulation made under
section 62
.
(Added
8 of 2018 s. 6
)