XN000022-1988-10-31 — Page 5

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1988

EMPLOYEES

REPRESENTATIVES

OF

WERE IN GENERAL SUPPORT

THE REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE RATES OF PAYMENT BY SPEEDED UP.

PROPOSALS BUT REQUESTED THAT THE

REPRESENTATIVES,

HOWEVER,

FELT

THAT

THE PAYMENT

SOME EMPLOYERS PROPOSALS DEFEATED THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE LONG SERVICE SCHEME AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY OF THEM.

DEPARTMENT

WOULD

AS NO CONSENSUS COULD BE REACHED, THE LABOUR

THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES CONCERNED FORWARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS TO FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

SCOPE OF THE

MEMBERS NEXT TURNED TO A PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY FUND TO COVER SEVERANCE PAYMENT.

WAGES (SUBJECT

AT PRESENT, THE FUND ALREADY COVERS ARREARS OF TO A PREFERENTIAL LIMIT OF $8,000) AND SEVEN DAYS' WAGES NOTICE (UP A MAXIMUM OF $2,000).

IN LIEU OF

FUND SHOULD OPINIONS WERE VARIED ON RANGING FROM $2,000, $4,000

MEMBERS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT THE SCOPE OF THE BE EXTENDED TO COVER SEVERANCE PAYMENT BUT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO $8,000.

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT UNDERTOOK TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION

ΤΟ THEM FORWARDING BEFORE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES CONCERNED FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE

ALL

THE

THE THE BOARD FURTHER STUDIED AND ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO AMEND

OF EMPLOYMENT" UNDER THE CONTRACT OF "CONTINUOUS DEFINITION

LEGAL ANOMALIES AND PRACTICAL EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE SO AS TO REMOVE PROBLEMS.

AN EMPLOYEE

HAVE WILL

A UNDER THE PROPOSED DEFINITION,

HE 1 F

HAS WORKED FOR THE SAME CONTINUOUS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

HE EMPLOYER FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, AND IN EACH OF THE FOUR WEEKS HAS WORKED FOR NOT LESS THAN 18 HOURS.

PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THIS WOULD BRING WITHIN ITS SCOPE REGULAR

DAYS A WHO ARE AT PRESENT EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEY WORK LESS THAN THREE WEEK OR SIX HOURS A DAY.

TOTAL

OF "LAY-OFF" TO IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED TO AMEND THE DEFINITION

AN EMPLOYEE WOULD CONFIRM THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE LAW SO THAT TO TAKEN TO BE LAID OFF IF HE WERE NOT PROVIDED WITH WORK FOR A OF MORE THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NORMAL WORKING PERIOD OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

DAYS IN ANY

WORKING HOWEVER, MEMBERS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER WHAT A "NORMAL

FURTHER CONSULT THE DAY" WAS AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT UNDERTOOK TO LAW DRAFTSMAN WITH A VIEW TO DEVISING SOME WORKING GUIDELINES.

THE BOARD ...................