WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986
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GOOD MANAGEMENT HELPS AVOID LABOUR DISPUTES
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MANY INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF MANAGEMENT HAD TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES BEFORE THE PROBLEMS AROSE, A SENIOR LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER, MR CHOW TUNG-SHAN, WHO HEADS THE LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISION, SAID INDUSTRIAL CONFLICTS WERE OFTEN THE RESULT OF BAD MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND THE WAYS IN WHICH MANAGEMENT STAFF ENFORCED THESE POLICIES.
MR CHOW WAS SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY ORGANISED FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING COURSES ON LABOUR RELATIONS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT
+A COMPANY POLICY WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE INTERESTS OF BOTH MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES IS LESS LIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO DISAGREEMENTS AND CONFLICTS, HE SAID.
+LIKEWISE, MANAGEMENT POLICIES WHICH ARE FORMULATED WITH INPUTS FROM WORKERS WILL BE MORE PRACTICABLE AND MORE READILY ACCEPTED BY THE EMPLOYEES.+
MR CHOW SAID MANAGEMENT STAFF SHOULD BE TRAINED IN LABOUR RELATIONS AND MUST SEEK TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE WORKERS,
HE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SCHEMES AND URGED THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD PLAN TO SET UP THEIR OWN COMPANY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES.
+THE SE BENEFIT SCHEMES ARE VITAL NOT ONLY FOR THE EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMPANY AS THEY WILL INDUCE LOYALTY FROM WORKERS AND CUT DOWN LABOUR TURNOVER RATE, HE ADDED.
THE CERTIFICATE COURSES ON LABOUR RELATIONS, HELD FROM OCTOBER 1985 TO JANUARY 1986, WERE RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT AND WERE DESIGNED FOR EMPLOYERS, MANAGEMENT STAFF, TRADE UNION OFFICIALS AND INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES.
THE COURSES COVERED THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.
A TOTAL OF 151 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE COURSES AND 142 OF THEM WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES.
MR CHAM SAID THE COURSES WERE WELL-RECEIVED BY BOTH MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES AND THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN SIMILAR COURSES,
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