What's New

The three-year "Pilot Rehabilitation Programme for Employees Injured at Work" (Pilot Programme) launched by the Labour Department on 23 September 2022 will be concluded on 22 September 2025 as originally scheduled. The Work Injury Rehabilitation Office (WIRO) will cease accepting applications from 23 September 2025, but will continue to operate for a period to provide services to the cases admitted before this date that still require rehabilitation treatment and follow up under the Pilot Programme. If eligible injured employees who have not yet joined but want to participate in the Pilot Programme, please call 2293-7000 or visit WIRO in person on or before 22 September 2025, so that the office can follow up.

The industries covered by the "Pilot Rehabilitation Programme for Employees Injured at Work" (Pilot Programme), apart from the "Construction Industry" since launch, have been increased to include the "Catering and Hotel Industry" and "Transportation and Logistics Industry" from 9 May 2024 onwards to benefit more injured employees. Please refer to the information in this website, visit our office or call us at 2293-7000 for more details.

The Labour Department has produced a new set of Television and Radio Announcements in the Public Interest to promulgate the widening of industry coverage of the "Pilot Rehabilitation Programme for Employees Injured at Work" (Pilot Programme).

To enhance the public′s understanding of the "Pilot Rehabilitation Programme for Employees Injured at Work" (Pilot Programme), the Labour Department has produced a set of Television and Radio Announcements in the Public Interest to introduce the Pilot Programme and to remind employers of early reporting of work injuries to the Labour Department.