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The Labour Advisory Board provides a central forum for consultation between public authorities and employers' and workers' urganisations, as well as between these organisations. Both employers' and workers' representatives are encouraged to express their views and to resolve their difference at the Board's meetings.
The Promotion Unit of
of the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department has been actively engaged in promoting effective communication and consultation within establishments and the development of good labour management relations.
(d) Both the Registry of Trade Unions and the Labour Department have, upon request, participated in training courses, talks and seminars organised by employers, employees and their respective organisations. On these occasions, technical advice on matters concerning trade unicn administration, personnel management, safety at work and other labour matters is provided. Apart from sejeve organising talks and seminars; the Promotion Unit of the Labour #1 Relations Division of the Labour Department also provides NO SOITUUDI employers and employees with' free advice to promote employer-employee communication and joint consultation. During the period under review, the division convened two tripartite conferences, 131 seminars and 134 certificate courses on labour relations and supervisory management. Thirty exhibitions on labour. legislation were held and 1 338 visits were made to industrial establishments, employers' associations and trade A set of advisory guides and codes of practices on labour matters are published for free distribution to employers and 'employees.
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(b)
unions.
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During the reporting period, the Registry of Trade Unions organised 52 free courses on trade union management, book-keeping and auditing, and one educational seminar for trade union officers and members. Leaflets on the rights and duties of trade union members and the procedures for forming a trade union are also published by the registry for free distribution to trade unionists and members of the public. The Hong Kong Productivity Council also provides consultancy services and technical advice to employers on personnel management.
In Hong Kong, agricultural activities are limited, and the number of agricultural workers is very small. According to the General Household Survey of the first quarter, 1990, they only amounted to about one per cent of the total working population. Moreover, they have many options for employment opportunities and therefor do not constitute a problem requiring special
attention.
The
labour
ambit of self-employed workers.
administration does not extend to
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