THE Sports Bureau (ID) will not rule out imposing a heavier punishment upon Surf Hong Company, the employer of 24 lifeguards who have been involved in employment disputes with the company, if the company continues breaching its contract obligations.
The lifeguards accused the company of not paying appropriate overtime, failing to provide copies of contracts, failing to provide monthly pay slips, and failing to give annual leave or days off.
According to ID President Pun Weng Kun, ID’s legal consultant team is carrying out procedures to enforce punishments against the contractor.
The ID is considering punishing the contractor in such a manner that the severity would scale according to the number of lifeguards that Surf Hong Company has failed to provide at swimming pools.
The pools, which were previously closed due to a shortage of lifeguards, have not reopened to the public yet.
Pun said that the ID is looking forward to the pool’s reopening as much as residents.
Pun further stated that the ID has also been a victim of the employment dispute, and they are upset that the company has failed to fulfill its contractual obligations.
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