Security firm fined $81,000 for MPF offences

Standard Guard Services Ltd was convicted at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts and fined $81,000 for breaching the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance — failing to enrol an employee in an MPF scheme and making no contributions for the employee from 2008 to 2010.

What were the offences?

Two counts: no enrolment, three years of no contributions. The company never enrolled one employee and contributed nothing for employees between 2008 and 2010.

What happens to arrears?

The MPFA recovers them for employees. In a separate case, the MPFA filed at the Small Claims Tribunal on an employee’s behalf to recover $1,575 in MPF arrears from Bong Hing International Consultants Ltd. Employers shouldn’t test the law.

Suspect your employer is defaulting? Know your rights at the MPF education centre.