Paul Yip & Nancy Chau
The city has a compensation-focused approach to workplace injuries, and employees would be better served by rehabilitation and a timely return to work
Each year in Hong Kong, there are about 55,000 cases of workplace accidents or work-related diseases, resulting in some 200 deaths. In a working population of about 3.9 million, this means a fatality rate of 5.2 deaths per 10,000 workers, which is higher than that observed in Singapore (2.1) or Australia (1.7).
郭志良 | 葉兆輝
工作意外和職業病每年導致本港近200 宗致命及5.5 萬宗受傷個案。近數十年來，在有效處理工傷並防止傷患惡化為長期傷殘的問題上，以早期綜合治療為中心的工傷康復理念在國際間被譽為最有效方案，可是這種方案在香港卻一直未能普及。我們剛剛完成了一研究項目——從社會角度看香港僱員補償保險體制，從而了解工傷康復理念在香港發展緩慢的原因，及工人在康復過程中遇到的障礙。
Paul Yip & Melissa Chan
Paul Yip and Melissa Chan say the ‘parental responsibility model’ that the Hong Kong government proposes should guide our would reduce stress on the affected children
The government recently launched a pubic consultation on how to amend our legislation on child custody and access, in response to the rising number of divorces in Hong Kong. Data shows that the total number of divorce decrees granted in 2013 (22,271 cases) was more than 10 times the number in 1981 (2,060 cases) in Hong Kong, and so more children are affected. The government should be commended for taking this step.
葉兆輝 | 張一 | 黃浩傑 | 程綺瑾
近日政府落實「低收入在職家庭津貼計劃」（下稱低津）推出時間表。預計將有20萬戶、70萬人受惠，令整體貧窮率降低兩個百分點。
該計劃的主要對象是在職貧窮而有兒童的家庭，目的是鼓勵自力更生，紓緩跨代貧窮。低津的推出反映出政府改善貧窮狀况的決心，對於有需求的家庭是一個及時的幫助。然而長遠來看，相信低津對於扶貧難以有大的成效。如何釋放潛在勞動力以及改善基層勞工報酬是決定扶貧工作成敗的核心因素。 Read More
葉兆輝 | 程綺瑾 | 張一
在政府的扶貧高峰會召開後兩天，今年的諾貝爾經濟學獎頒給了普林斯頓大學的迪頓教授（Angus Deaton），特別表彰他對消費、貧窮、福利的研究。兩者的時間是巧合，但也反映對縮減貧富差距的關注不僅是本港，也是全球公共政策研究的重點。
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