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PROGRAMME OF PROPOSED LABOUR LEGISLATION
ARCANEGAN, 33
22FEB 1968
ANNOUNCED BY COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCI HUB 18/6
Draft Bill On Contracts Of Service & Protection Of Wages
The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R.M. Hetherington, today (Wednesday)
described in broad general terms the scope of the principal legislative
measures which he was now examining.
Speaking in Legislative Council, Mr. Hetherington outlined the
33 items in this programme, including conciliation, joint consultation welfare,
redundaney and holidays.
"The bulk of the proposals for legislation broadly concerns welfare
in a wide variety of subjects. A measure of the highest priority would
affect the welfare of a vast majority of workers," the Commissioner said,
The draft bill will deal with contracts of service and the
protection of wages. It will clarify the rights and obligations of workers
and employers who enter into contractual arrangements. It will, in particular,
distinguish between regularly-employed and casual workers irrespective of
the basis on which wages might be calculated.
"It will also protect wages in conformity with convention No. 95
of the International Labour Organisation. It is intended so to frame the
bill that other parts may be conveniently added in future with the objective
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