Name of the EA Address of the EA Date of Revocation / Refusal of Renewal of Licence Ground(s) of Revocation / Refusal of Renewal of Licence
Happy Joy Employment Training Center Ground floor, 250 Tin Sum Village, Tai Wai, New Territories 3 March 2023

- Withholding the passport or personal identification of the job-seeker; and

- The licensee was not a fit and proper person to operate an EA.
LIFREE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LIMITED Unit 51A, 27th floor,World Wide House, 19 Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong. 18 April 2023

- Failing to ensure that any information that is made available to employers or to job-seekers is consistent with the facts made known to it;

- Failing to draw up service agreements with employers;

- Failing to draw up service agreements with job-seekers;

- Failing to include all required items in the service agreements drawn up with employers;

- Failing to provide payment receipts to employers;

- Failing to include all required items in the payment receipts provided to employers;

- Failing to arrange employers and job-seekers to sign an acknowledgement on receipt of publications and sample forms as listed in the Code of Practice for Employment Agencies and to confirm in writing that they have been fully briefed about their rights and obligations;

- Failing to keep records relating to the dealings with employers and job-seekers which include acknowledgement regarding their receipt of the signed standard employment contract, etc.; and

- The licensee was not a fit and proper person to operate an EA.
MISSION EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LIMITED Shop 13, 99 1A Dock Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon 10 March 2023

- Failing to exercise due diligence in checking the accuracy of the information provided by job-seekers;

- Failing to ensure that the candidates offered to employers are available for filling the vacancy at the time of accepting payment of service fees from employers; and

- Failing to ensure that any information that is made available to employers is consistent with the facts made known to it.

Notes:

  1. The purposes of providing the lists of EAs convicted of offence(s) of overcharging job-seekers or unlicensed operation, EAs whose licences were revoked/ refused renewal and those were issued written warning(s) for non-compliance with the Code of Practice for Employment Agencies are to facilitate members of the public to review whether an EA has such record. The relevant information shall ONLY be used for the stated purposes.
  2. Records of revocation/refusal of renewal of licence which occurred on or after 10 October 2018 will be published for a period of 12 months, counting from the date on which the licence was revoked or refused renewal.
  3. Decisions on revocation/refusal of renewal of licence which are undergoing appeal (if any) will be published upon the completion of the appeal.
The list was last updated on 18 May 2023.