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Major Hong Kong restaurant chain sued over failure to pay HK$3.1 million in staff pension contributions on time
- Unpaid February and March pension contributions from Kam Kee Holdings affect almost 1,000 staff, MPF Schemes Authority says
- Pension officials warn that if April contributions found to be not paid, another writ would be issued
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Hong Kong’s pension regulator has taken a catering industry leader’s restaurant chain to court over HK$3.1 million (US$397,120) in unpaid pension fund contributions owed to its 980 employees.
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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority said on Thursday it had filed a writ a day earlier against Kam Kee Holdings for the overdue payments from the first quarter of the year.
“Since March this year, we have received 15 complaints from employees about the company failing to pay for their MPF in February and March,” the authority said.
The chain, which operates 38 restaurants and has closed seven this year because of the economic downturn, is run by Ray Chui Man-wai, its chairman and also the president of catering body the Institution of Dining Art.
The authority added it was checking the group’s MPF payments for April and would file another writ if the required contributions had not been made.
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“It is the statutory responsibility of every employer to enrol their employees in an MPF scheme and make contributions on time,” it said.
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