Boring Engineering’s director pleaded guilty and fined HK$90,000 for violating Employment Ordinance

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The ruling sends a strong message to employers to pay the wages and the sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal/Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board within the statutory time limit.

The director of The Boring Engineering Limited pleaded guilty at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on 28 April 2025 for violating the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO).

He was fined a total sum of HK$90,000, and ordered to pay an outstanding sum of about HK$214,000 to the employee concerned.

According to the ruling, the company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO by failing to pay an employee wages in lieu of notice, amounting to about HK$36,000, within seven days after termination of an employment contract. Furthermore, the company also failed to pay the awarded sum of about HK$214,000, within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT).

The director concerned was therefore prosecuted and convicted for his consent, connivance, or neglect in the above offences.

A spokesperson for the Labour Department (LD) stated that the ruling sends 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, as well as the sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board.

"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesperson added.