MONDAY, JULY 11, 1988
AS REGARDS THE OTHER TWO AMENDMENTS, MEMBERS SUPPORTED THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHOULD RECEIVE A FULL DAY'S WAGES AS HOLIDAY PAY EVEN THOUGH THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON A DAY ON WHICH THE EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED ΤΟ WORK ONLY HALF-DAY; AND THAT PAYMENTS FROM ANY RETIREMENT SCHEME IN RESPECT OF THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM SEVERANCE PAYMENT AND LONG SERVICE PAYMENT.
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME WHICH WAS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, MEMBERS GENERALLY AGREED ΤΟ BACK DATE THE PERIOD COVERING EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION TO JANUARY 1, 1984. VIEWS ON EXTENDING THE SCHEME ΤΟ COVER CLAIMS FOR COMMON LAW DAMAGES WERE DIVIDED.
TO AVOID A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT WAS AGREED THAT AN UNOFFICIAL BE APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE EMPLOYERS' COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME MANAGEMENT BOARD INSTEAD OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AS EARLIER PROPOSED.
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THE BOARD ALSO SUPPORTED A PROPOSAL TO EMPOWER COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TO APPROVE A CARTRIDGE-OPERATED FIXING TOOL BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE.
DURING THE MEETING, MEMBERS WERE
INFORMED THAT APPROVAL HAS
BEEN GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FROM JANUARY 1, 1989.
UNDER THE NEW COMPOSITION, THE BOARD WILL STILL CONSIST OF 12 MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF ELECTED EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT OF NOMINATED EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INCREASED FROM FOUR TO FIVE RESPECTIVELY.
AS A RESULT OF THESE CHANCES, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE MEMBERS APPOINTED AD PERSONAM ON EACH SIDE WILL BE REDUCED FROM TWO TO ONE.
THE ADDITIONAL ELECTED SEAT ON THE EMPLOYEES' SIDE WILL BE FILLED BY ELECTION BY REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNIONS ON THE BASIS OF ONE UNION ONE VOTE WHILE THE ADDITIONAL NOMINATED SEAT ON THE EMPLOYERS' SIDE WILL BE FILLED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
LASTLY, IN RESPONSE TO AN EARLIER CALL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR WIDER USE OF FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS, MR HAMMOND URGED EMPLOYERS TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY THE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH ARRANGEMENTS SO AS TO HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION ON MAJOR ROADS AND TUNNELS DURING BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING PEAK HOURS,
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