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Tuesday, September 18, 1973
OVER 450 CLAIMS HEARD BY LABOUR TRIBUNAL
A total of 563 claims, involving $1,079,935.61, has been filed
at the Labour Tribunal during the first six months of its operation.
Of these, 452 claims have been heard and a total of $417,587.45
has been awarded to the claimants.
Mr. Michael Wong, Presiding Officer of the Tribunal, said today that
the main causes of these claims were for wages in lieu of notice and arrears
of wages.
"There are also claims for statutory holiday pay, sickness allowance,
double pay, bonus, commission, rebates and recovery of deposits paid under
contracts of employment," he said.
Mr. Wong pointed out that 92 per cent of the claims filed had been
referred to them by the Labour Department where attempts for reconciliation
were unsuccessful.
employers.
He also noted that of the total 563 claims, only 16 were filed by
The remaining 547 clains were all filed by employees.
The Labour Tribunal first came into operation on March 1 this year.
Its object is to provide a quick, simple, and inexpensive method of settling
monetary claims arising from contracts of employment, the provisions of the
Employment Ordinence and certain other ordinances
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