Labour Relations

In 1997, the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department
provided conciliation service in 161 trade disputes which involved seven
work stoppages, resulting in a loss of 790.5 working days. The division
also handled 20 404 claims for wages and other employment-related
benefits or entitlements.

The Labour Relations Ordinance provides the machinery for mediation,
special conciliation, voluntary arbitration and board of inquiry to settle
trade disputes which cannot be resolved through ordinary conciliation.

The Labour Department promotes harmonious labour-management
relations through a variety of activities such as conducting promotional
visits and talks to individual establishments, employers' associations and
trade unions; organising training courses, workshops, seminars and
exhibitions; and publishing information leaflets and pamphlets on a wide
range of labour matters.

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