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Topic

Salary deduction

Legal area

Court

28 Nov 2003

LAW YING CHUNG v. LO CHUN-KIE t/a KOON HING PLASTIC FACTORY

Citation

LAW YING CHUNG v. LO CHUN-KIE t/a KOON HING PLASTIC FACTORY
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ1071/2002

Court found plaintiff did not consent to salary reduction and was coerced into signing documents; employer failed to discharge burden to show summary dismissal was justified on the accumulated allegations; therefore dismissal was wrongful and plaintiff entitled to unpaid salary/allowances/bonuses, one month pay in lieu, long service payment and payment for untaken annual leave; defendant entitled to portion of counterclaim for advances.
30 Jun 1976

CHOI SUM AND OTHERS v. ATORNEY GENERAL

Citation

CHOI SUM AND OTHERS v. ATORNEY GENERAL
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP211/1976

Regulations do not form part of the parties' contracts of service where the Regulations expressly deny legal force and can be easily altered; there was no dismissal or implied agreement to accept reduced pay and therefore the unilateral 30% deduction implemented on 1 April 1976 breached the demarcators' contracts; carrying letters is lawful only where covered by the Post Office Ordinance exception for messengers carrying senders'/receivers' affairs and not for private demand letters.