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Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (Hong Kong)

Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (Hong Kong)
The latest news and top stories on Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme. A prominent Hong Kong-based governmental scheme, the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS) is dedicated to prioritising local workers in employment opportunities. It aims to regulate the import of foreign labour, ensuring local job seekers are considered first. The scheme, administered by the Labour Department, allows employers facing genuine recruitment difficulties to import workers at technician level or below, provided they undertake a four-week local recruitment exercise. Introduced in September 2023, the ESLS replaced the Supplementary Labour Scheme to address manpower shortages across various sectors while safeguarding local employment and wages.
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tightens imported worker scheme but open to making it permanent

Two-tier vetting system for employers comes into effect on Tuesday, with tougher rules for catering industry.

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Hong Kong construction, catering sectors pessimistic despite dip in unemployment

37,000 workers imported into Hong Kong since start of labour scheme in 2023

Labour and Welfare Bureau reveals latest figures as construction union announces wage freeze for 15 of 16 major trades in the industry.

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