Hong Kong employers must educate staff on serving people with disabilities, equality watchdog says

[HKFP] - 11/15/2024

Hong Kong employers could breach the law if they do not provide training and education to staff on serving people with disabilities, the chairperson of the city’s equality watchdog has said. Linda Lam, the head of the Equal Opportunities Commisssion (EOC), was responding in a Commercial Radio (…)



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