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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
78 31 July 1980
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7 AUGUST
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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Unit through your Under-Secretary by
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TODAY WEDNESDAY
30 JULY 80
To ask the
Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): Lord Privy Seal, what systém of arbitration exists for dealing with disputes in Hong Kong in; (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector.
Ми Дондвас Нияб
(a) In the public sector, an agreement between the Government and
the three main civil service staff associations in 1968
provides for the referral of disputes over such matters as
pay, allowances, hours of work etc. to a committee of inquiry
appointed by the Governor.
(b) The Labour Relations Ordinance provides the legal framework
for dealing with disputes in the private sector. This empowers
the Commissioner for Labour to appoint conciliation officers
to initiate or undertake conciliation. If no settlement of
the dispute is reached, the Commissioner may recommend that
the Governor in Council refer the matter to arbitration or to
a Board of Inquiry.
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DOUGLAS HURD