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Saturday, May 13, 1972

LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE

Helped Settle 249 Labour Problems In April

The Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department helped

employers and employees settle 249 labour problems in April.

As a result of agreement reached; 537 employees received a total

of $286,429.

Of this, $187,538 was paid by employers as outstanding wages,

payment in lieu of notice, statutory holiday pay and bonuses of a contractual

nature under the Employment Ordinance and the Industrial Employment

(Holidays with Pay and Sickness allowance) Ordinance respectively.

The remaining $98,891 was paid, apart from the legal entitlements,

as severance pay and other ex gratia payments to the employees. Fresh nominal claims made by employees in the same month amounted to $834,465.

Officers of various district offices of the Labour Relations

Service also handled 1,392 consultations and enquiries about labour

laws, industrial relations and personnel management.

They visited nine establishments to help employers introduce

joint consultative machinery to strengthen communication between labour

and management.

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