assists employees who suffer
from a work injury or an occupational disease
to obtain compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance;
assists family members
of an employee who is killed in a work accident
to obtain compensation under the Employees'
Compensation Ordinance;
assists persons who suffer
from pneumoconiosis or their family members
to obtain compensation under the Pneumoconiosis
and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance or to obtain ex gratia
payments under the Pneumoconiosis Ex Gratia
Scheme;
assists persons who suffer
from mesothelioma or their family members to
obtain compensation under the Pneumoconiosis
and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance;
promotes, reviews and enforces
provisions under the Employees' Compensation
Ordinance and the Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation)
Ordinance.