Hong Kong court awards dog farm worker HK$89,000 after dog attack, rejecting employer's volunteer claim

A Hong Kong court ordered a dog farm in Lau Fau Shan to pay a worker who was seriously attacked by dogs more than HK$89,000 (US$11,340), and rejected the employer's defence that she was merely a volunteer. District Court Judge Harold Leong Kwok-on said that although the two parties had not entered into a contract, she received wages and was assigned work as an employee, and did not manage the business or bear profits, so an employment relationship was established.