Hong Kong Regulations

APPRENTICESHIP REGULATIONS - REGULATION 16

Records to be maintained by employers

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS

(1) Every employer who employs registered apprentices shall keep or cause to
be kept a record in the specified form of the following particulars in
relation to each registered apprentice-

   (a)  his full name and address;

   (b)  the number of his Hong Kong identity card;

   (c)  the date of his birth;

   (d)  the name and address of his guardian (if any);

   (e)  the date of commencement of his apprenticeship;

   (f)  the educational standard attained by him at the date of commencement
        of his apprenticeship;

   (g)  any course of instruction attended by him under an attendance order;

   (h)  the special qualifications (if any) specified for the purposes of
        section 23 of the Ordinance and obtained by him.

(2) In addition to keeping a record under paragraph (1), an employer shall
make or cause to be made-

(a) a report in the specified form on the work performed by every registered
apprentice during each period of 6 months and such report shall be completed
by a responsible person under whose supervision he has worked during that
period;

   (b)  a record of particulars in the specified form of all overtime worked
        by every registered apprentice; and

   (c)  a record of particulars in the specified form of all absences of every
        registered apprentice from work and courses of instruction under an
        attendance order, whether by reason of illness, holidays or otherwise.

(3) If the guardian of the registered apprentice is a party to the contract of
apprenticeship, such guardian shall furnish the employer with all information
in his possession to enable the employer to comply with paragraph (1).

(4) Any employer who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) or
(2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
of $2000.