Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board

The Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board

The Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board (“the Board”) was established on 1 July 1991 under the Employees Compensation Assistance Ordinance (Cap. 365) (“the ECAO”). It administers the Employees Compensation Assistance Fund (“the Fund”) set up under the ECAO and implements the Employees Compensation Assistance Scheme for the protection of the entitlement of employees and eligible persons to compensation and relief payments for work injuries. read more...

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Welcome to the webpage of the Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board.

The Board is established to administer the Employees Compensation Assistance Fund to provide assistance to injured employees or eligible family members of deceased employees. These eligible persons fail to receive employees’ compensation or common law damages for which the employer is liable after exhausting all legal and financially viable means of recovery from the employer (or insurer) concerned.

Important Message to Employers: An employer who fails to comply with the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance to secure an employees’ compensation insurance (ECI) cover commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $100,000 and imprisonment for 2 years as well as to pay a surcharge to the Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board (the Board) pursuant to the Employees Compensation Assistance Ordinance.

A proprietor of a transportation company was convicted for failing to comply with the requirement of taking out ECI and was sentenced to six months’ immediate imprisonment. Moreover, a proprietor of a food shop and a renovation works employer were convicted for failing to comply with the requirement of taking out ECI and paying periodical payments to their employees. The former was fined $96,000 while the latter was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment (suspended for 18 months) and fined $42,000. On the other hand, a fast food delivery company had paid to the Board a surcharge of over $160,000 due to being convicted.

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