Hong Kong Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION - SECT 30

Duty of employer when allocating work tasks to employees

(1) When allocating work tasks relating to manual handling  operations which
may create safety and health risks, the employer of the employees concerned
must assess the respective capabilities of the employees to perform those
tasks without risks to the safety and health of the employees themselves and
other persons.

(2) An employer must not require any of his employees to undertake any
manual handling operations which may create safety and health risks unless the
employer has assessed that the employee is capable of performing those
manual handling operations.

(3) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a fine of $200000.