14
Wednesday, January 24, 1973
LABOUR DISPUTE SETTLED
The Labour Department has helped settle a dispute involving
140 employees of a Kwun Tong knitting factory over severance pay.
The factory, the Spartan Knitters Ltd., terminated the service
of all its monthly, daily and piece-rated workers on January 15.
Subsequently the Labour Relations Service of the department
arranged a series of conciliation meetings for the parties concerned at
its Kwun Tong Branch Office.
Two agreements were ultimately drawn up last Sunday and Monday.
Under these agreements, the monthly-paid employees will receive
an annual bonus and an ex-gratia severance pay proportional to their
length of service.
The daily and piece-rated workers will each receive a month's
wage in lieu of notice and flat-rate ex-gratia severance pay.
Payment to the workers, totalling about $80,000, will be made
at the factory on January 30.
Release time: 7.00 p.m.