TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1975
LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COFFINUE STABLE
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A SENIOR OFFICER OF THE LADOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY LAST YEAR'S LOW RATE OF WORKING DAYS LOST DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION REFLECTED THE CONTINUING STABILITY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS IN HONG KONG, DESPITE THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE, MR. TSUI TIM-FOOK, SAID THIS FINE RECORD OF LABOUR AND MANAGEMENT RÉLATIONS HAD, LIKÉ HONG KONG'S PRODUCTS, EANIZED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION.
HE TOLD A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON EAST THAT HONG KONG'S GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS VERE MAINLY THE RESULT OF CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
MR. TSUI POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR ONLY 7.42 WORKING DAYS WERE LOST FOR EVERY 1,000 EMPLOYEES, COMPARED TO AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 21.18 DAYS IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.
AND ONLY 2,779 DAYS WERE LOST IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE OF 17,010 IN EVERY SIX MONTHS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.
MR. TSUI SAID THAT LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN SOME COUNTRIES COULD NOT STAND UP TO ECONOMIC STORMS, AND HAD BROKEN DOWN DURING THE CURRENT WORLD-WIDE RECESSION, DEALING A DOUBLE BLOW TO THEIR ECONOMIES.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, HONG KONG HAD SURVIVED THE SITUATION, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE REASOMADLE AND UNDERSTANDING NATURE OF ITS VÕRKERS AND EMPLOYERS, WHO WERE DETERMINED TO HELP EACH OTHER.
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HE SAID THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE (LRS) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING AND STRENGTHENING GOOD LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.
THE AIM OF THE LRS WAS TO ASSIST INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND SERVICE TRADES TO MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS. TO THIS END, LRS OFFICERS WORKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS.
OFFICERS CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO DISCUSS THEIR RELATIONS WITH WORKERS AND OFFER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT MATTERS. +WE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO PROMOTE JOINT CONSULTATION IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE OR BRIDGE ANY COMMUNICATION GAP DETWEEN WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT,+ SAID MR. TSUI,
+WE ADVISE THEM TO SET UP GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES THROUGH WHICH WORKERS CAN VOICE THEIR COMPLAINTS OVER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS, AND TO PRODUCE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS STIPULATING THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF BOTH WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS.+
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