Tuesday, August 15, 1972
219 DISPUTES SETTLED IN JULY
The Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department helped settle
291 disputes between employers and employees during July.
As a result of agreements reached, 1,131 workers received a total
of $1,135,515. This included the payment of $452,595 by a taxi company to
240 redundant drivers and another $400,000 paid by the management of a large
dockyard to 165 redundant workers.
Forty-two per cent of the total was paid 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) Ordinance.
The remaining $655,800 was paid, apart from the legal entitlements,
as severance pay and other ex gratia payments to employees.
New nominal claims during the same period, both statutory and non-
statutory, amounted to $1,132,526.
Officers of various district branches of the Labour Relations Service
also handled 1,558 consultations and enquiries about labour laws, industrial
relations and personnel management.
They visited 10 establishments to help employers introduce joint
consultative machinery and other desirable labour relations practices to
strengthen communication and generally to improve relations between labour and
management.
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