简介
主持人：Jim Gould and Philip Wong
Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's week-daily current affairs discussion programme, with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every Monday to Friday from 9.05am - 10am (HKT).
Have your say by calling us on 233 88 266, find us on Facebook - Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, or email backchat@rthk.hk
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The Backchat podcast is available after each live broadcast
最新
Xi Jinping's Europe visit / EOC's practical guidelines for guide dogs
On Friday's Backchat, we are talking about President Xi Jinping's six-day state visit to Europe, which includes France, Serbia and Hungary.
9:05am-9:45am: Xi Jinping's Europe visit
9:05am-9:45am: Prof Joseph Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University, Shanghai
9:05am-9:45am: Andrew Leung, Independent China Strategist
9:05am-9:45am: John Burns, Emeritus and Honorary Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong
9:45am-10:00am: EOC's practical guidelines for guide dogs
9:45am-10:00am:David Cheung, CEO, Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services
重温
Protection of part-time workers / Pedestrian road safety
主持人：Jim Gould and Philip Wong
On Monday's Backchat, we look into proposals to enhance the protection of part-time workers.
Under the current mechanism, employees working at least 18 hours per week and employed for more than a month are entitled to a range of benefits offered to full-time workers including paid annual leave, rest days and sickness allowances.
However, some employers are believed to arrange their part-time employees' schedules in a way that purposely falls short of the 18 hours weekly requirement.
In response, the Labour Department has suggested lowering the qualifying threshold by entitling employees who work 72, 68, 64 or 60 hours in four weeks to all statutory benefits, regardless of how many hours they work in a single week.
Would this move better protect part-time workers? How about freelancers? And would extra operational costs place a burden on businesses?
After 9:45, we look into ways to cut down accidents involving pedestrians.
9:05am-9:45am: Protection of part-time workers
9:05am-9:45am: Roy Ying, Co-Chairperson, Advocacy and Policy Research Committee, Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management
9:05am-9:30am: Lam Chun-sing, Lawmaker, The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
9:30am-9:45am: Michael Szeto, Partner, ONC Lawyers
9:45am-10:00: Tony Sze, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and road safety researcher
