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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985
LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
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MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MET TODAY (TUESDAY) TO DISCUSS SEVERAL ISSUES RELATING TO LABOUR MATTERS AND LEGISLATION.
THE MEETING FOLLOWED WEEKS OF INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS IN WHICH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH THE EMPLOYERS' AND THE EMPLOYEES' SIDE HAD FRANKLY AND THOROUGHLY EXCHANGED VIEWS ON THE ISSUE RELATING TO THE PROPOSED LONG SERVICE GRATUITY SCHEME.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, MEMBERS ENDORSED THE PROPOSAL AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE LEGISLATION ON THE SCHEME WOULD BE ENACTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE BOARD ALSO ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CONTRACTS FOR OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR MINOR TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS AND THE IR AGENTS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT-ATTESTATION REQUIREMENTS.
MEMBERS CONSIDERED THE BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE AND THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, AND ADVISED THAT SUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO KEEP IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL WAGE MOVEMENT.
THE BOARD REVIEWED THE SCHEME PERMITTING WOMEN WORKERS TO BE EMPLOYED AT NIGHT FROM 11 PM TO 7 AM SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN STRINGENT CONDITIONS, AND ADVISED THAT THE SCHEME SHOULD BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR FROM JULY.
THE BOARD ALSO ADVISED THAT A LABOUR RELATIONS COMMITTEE UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE BOARD SHOULD BE SET UP TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON PROMOTING AMICABLE RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AND THE IR RESPECTIVE ORGANISATIONS, AND ALSO ON THE GENERAL POLICY RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISPUTE SETTLING MACHINERY OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR,
MR RON BRIDGE.
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