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SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1976

HE SAID BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES HAD ADOPTED A REMARKABLY CO-OPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF RECESSION.

THE LRS ALSO DEALT WITH 6,585 DISPUTES IN THE YEAR, OF WHICH ONLY 125 OR 1.89 PER CENT WERE LABOUR DISPUTES IN THE GENUINE SENSE OF THE TERM, THE REST WERE MONETARY CLAIMS OF A GRIEVANCE NATURE. THIS CONTRASTED WITH 5,878 DISPUTES DURING 1974, CF WHICH 94 OR 1.6 PER CENT WERE LABOUR DISPUTES.

OF THE 6,585 DISPUTES, AN OVERALL 60 PER CENT WERE SETTLED

WITH THE HELP OF THE LRS,

IN ADDITION TO ITS OTHER COMMITMENTS DURING THE YEAR, THE LRS

THE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED 218 MAJOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALLEGED CONTRAVENTIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE CONCERNING STATUTORY HOLIDAYS, REST DAYS AND IMPROPER DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES.

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