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Friday, February 16, 1973
350 LABOUR PROBLEMS SETTLED LAST MONTH
With Help Of Labour Relations Service
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The Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department helped employers
and employees settle 350 labour problems in January.
As a result of agreements reached, 1,584 employees received a total
of $779.360.
Of this total, 68.5 per cent were paid by employers as outstanding
wages, payment in lieu of notice, and statutory holiday pay.
Also included were other payments of a contractual nature under either
the Employment Ordinance or the Industrial Employment (Holidays with Pay and
Sickness Allowance) Ordinance.
The remaining 31.5 per cent or $245,216.45 were paid, apart from
legal entitlements, as severance pay and other ex gratia payments to employees.
Fresh nominal claims made by employees in the same month amounted to
$1,410,017.
Officers of various district branches of the Labour Relations Service
also handled 1,954 consultations and enquiries about labour laws, industrial
relations and personnel management,
They visited 11 establishments to help employers introduce joint
consultative machinery to strengthen communication between labour and management.
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