THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 4, 1941.
SCHEDULE.
CONSTITUTION AND PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
EMPLOYMENT ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.
1. The Employment Arbitration Tribunal shall consist of the following persons appointed by the Governor, that is to say, three appointed members, one of whom shall be chairman, aud two other members, one of whom shall be chosen to represent employers and the other to represent workers.
2. Panels of persons chosen to represent employers and workers respectively shall be constituted by the Governor after consultation with the Executive Council, the Urban Council and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs respectively and the members chosen to represent employers and workers at any sitting of the Tribunal shall be selected by the Labour Officer from those panels.
3. The appointed members of the Tribunal shall hold office for such term and on such conditions as to retirement as may be deter- mined by the Governor.
4. The Governor shall appoint a secretary to the Tribunal and may appoint such other officers and servants as he may consider
necessary.
5. The quorum necessary to constitute a sitting of the Tribunal shall consist of one appointed member, one member chosen to represent employers and one member chosen to represent workers.
6.-(1) The Tribunal shall make its award or furnish its advice as the case may be without delay and where practicable within fourteen days from the date of reference.
(2) An award on any matter referred to the Tribunal for settle- ment may be made retrospective to such date not being earlier than the date on which the dispute or question to which the award relates first arose. The decision of the Tribunal as to such date shall be
conclusive.
7. Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Order, the Tribunal may regulate its procedure and proceedings as it thinks fit.
8. If any question arises as to the interpretation of any award of the Tribunal the Labour Officer or any party to the award may apply for a decision on such question and the Tribunal shall decide the matter after hearing the parties, or without such hearing if the consent of the parties has first been obtained. The decision of the Tribunal shall be notified to the parties and shall be binding in the same manner as the decision in an original award.