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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1976.
LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE CODE TABLED
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A CODE OF LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE COMPILED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. IAN PRICE, INTRODUCING THE CODE SAID ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SET STANDARDS AND
TO GIVE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE, PARTICULARLY TO MANAGEMENT, ON THE CONDUCT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO IMPROVE HUMAN RELATIONS IN ALL PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WHATEVER THEIR SIZE.
+IN BRIEF,+ MR. PRICE SAID, IT SETS OUT IN CLEAR AND CONCISE TERMS THE PRINCIPAL GUIDE LINES FOR THE PROMOTION OF HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONS.+
MR. PRICE SAID THE CODE WAS OF VALUE EQUALLY TO EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, EMPLOYEES AND TRADE UNIONS. IT COVERED SUCH MATTERS AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE, METHODS OF COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTATION, GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES, WORKING CONDITIONS, FRINGE BENEFITS AND THE HANDLING OF TRADE DISPUTES.
ITS CONTENTS ARE BASED NOT ONLY ON THE EXTENSIVE AND LONG EXPERIENCE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE BUT ALSO, WHERE APPLICABLE, ON PRACTICES IN DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.
MR. PRICE SAID THE CODE HAD BEEN UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HAD EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT, OVER THE YEARS. IT WOULD EXERT A BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
MR. PRICE SAID IT WAS HIS INTENTION THAT THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD REVIEW THE CODE FROM TIME TO TIME AND EXPAND ON IT.
PUBLISHED IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH, THE CODE WILL BE SENT TO THE MAIN EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, MAJOR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND TO ALL REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS.
COPIES OF THE CODE ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT ALL OFFICES OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG.
COPIES WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED TO LARGE EMPLOYERS BY OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.
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