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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 197':
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE QUALIFYING SERVICE WHICH ENTITLED AN EMPLOYEE TO PAY ON A STATUTORY HOLIDAY HAD BEEN SHORTENED FROM 180 DAYS TO THREE MONTHS ON A CONTINUOUS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY.
HE SAID: +UE HAVE LEARNED OF INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE NOT MADE THE NECESSARY CHANGE. WE HOPE IT IS UNINTENTIONAL, OTHERVISE IT WOULD BECOME AN OFFENCE UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
+ IF THEY HAVE ANY QUERY ON THE NEW STATUTORY HOLIDAY PROVISIONS, OFFICERS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE ARE READY TO HELP.+
SPEAKING ON TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, MR. TSUI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN UNEQUIVOCAL WRITTEN CONTRACT OF EMPLOYLLT WHICH WOULD SERVE TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
+AN ORAL CONTRACT MAY NOT BE CLEAR OR WELL REMEMBERED, + HE SAID.
EMPLOYERS WERE OBLIGED UNDER THE LAW TO TELL PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES IN ADVANCE ABOUT THEIR VAGES AND CONDITIONS.
AND IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTED THE INFORMATION IN WRITING, THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER MUST IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE IT.
MR. TSUI ALSO ADVISED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO ACREE ON THE LENGTH OF NOTICE FOR TERIJINATING THE EIPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
+ IF YOU HAVE NOT AGREED ON THE LENGTH OF NOTICE, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, WHERE IT IS APPLICABLE, SHALL PRESUME IT TO BE ONE MONTH, WHICH DOES NOT ALWAYS, AS OUR OWN EXPERIENCE SHOWS, SUIT BOTH PARTIES, ESPECIALLY IN INDUSTRY, HE SAID.
AS 75 PER CENT OF DISPUTES WERE, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, RELATED TO NOTICE OF TERMINATION, MR. TSUI ENCOURAGED EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES TO BE CLEAR-CUT IN THIS HATTER AT THE OUTSET.
+THE ALTERNATIVE TO SUCH AN AGREEMENT MAY WELL BE AN UNPLEASANT ROU AT THE END,+ MR. TSUI SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. TSUI'S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION,
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