SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1977
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LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD ELECTION
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THIS YEAR'S ELECTION OF EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICE IN NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY AT 10.30 A.M. ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 25). IT WILL BE HELD BY SECRET BALLOT.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT 15 CANDIDATES HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AND THEIR NAMES HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL EMPLOYEES' UNIONS FOR INFORMATION.
+A REGISTERED EMPLOYEES TRADE UNION WISHING TO VOTE SHOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ELECTION. THE REPRESENTATIVE MUST BRING WITH HIM A LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIS UNION AND A COPY OF THE CIRCULAR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 12, 1977 FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON THE SUBJECT,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON MATTERS REFERRED BY HIM TO THE BOARD, INCLUDING LEGISLATION, AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND SIX EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AS CHAIRMAN.
THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED BY REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS AND THREE ARE SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR.
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