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Tuesday, September 5, 1972
ANOTHER TWO LABOUR DISPUTES SETTLED
Two recent labour disputes have been settled with advice and conciliation
service given by the Labour Department.
One dispute involved the payment of wages in lieu of notice and the
other concerned work procedure.
As a result of advice from officers of the Labour Relations Service,
15 coffee shop waiters of the Imperial Hotel were each given one month's wages
in lieu of notice for termination of employment in accordance with the provisions
of the Employment Ordinance.
In the second dispute between 40 female workers and the management of
the South Sea Manufacturing Company in Quarry Bay over certain work procedure,
a settlement was reached as a result of conciliation. The two parties signed
an agreement in the presence of two officers of the Labour Relations Service.
In this dispute, officers of the Labour Department visited the parties
concerned on September 1 and a joint meeting was held the following day in the
Hong Kong Regional Office of the Labour Department at Queensway.
Release time: 6.30 p.m.