Some construction workers have complained about being sacked or having their workdays slashed due to imported hires, union chairman says
Hong Kong catering and construction unions have called for a review of the labour import scheme amid high jobless rates in the sectors, with some local employees complaining about being replaced or forced to work fewer days after cheaper staff from outside the city were recruited.
Chau Sze-kit, chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union, said on Saturday the unemployment rate of the construction sector was at 6.7 per cent, attributing the figure to fewer local private projects.
He said that although the policy of importing workers might not directly affect the unemployment rate, the scheme still led to fewer job opportunities for local staff.
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