Productivity assessors recruited

March 16, 2011

The Labour Department is recruiting approved assessors to conduct the productivity assessments required by the implementation of the statutory minimum wage which will come into effect on May 1.
 
As enshrined in the Minimum Wage Ordinance, employees with disabilities, like their able-bodied counterparts, enjoy the same statutory minimum wage protection. 
 
The disabled will have the right to choose to have their productivity assessed to determine whether they should be remunerated at the statutory minimum wage level or at a rate commensurate with their productivity. To forestall abuse by some employers, the right to invoke the productivity assessment is vested in people with disabilities rather than their employers.
 
Approved assessors should be registered occupational therapists, registered physiotherapists, registered social workers or vocational rehabilitation practitioners with the requisite years of experience in the provision of vocational rehabilitation or other services in relation to the employment of disabled staff.
 
Eligible people should submit applications by March 31. All eligible applicant assessors should complete training arranged by the Labour Department.
 
An assessor will be given an allowance of $2,000 per case of productivity assessment and relevant administrative work completed as required.