The Labour Department (LD) is inviting employee unions registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance (TUO) to register as electors, appoint authorised representatives to vote and nominate candidates for the 2025 Labour Advisory Board (LAB) By-election of Employee Representative.

     "Registration as electors, appointment of authorised representatives and nomination of candidates start today (February 3) and will close on February 25, 2025 (Tuesday)," a spokesman for the LD said.

     The LAB is a tripartite consultative body comprising representatives of employees and employers to advise the Commissioner for Labour on labour matters. There is a vacancy in the current 2025-2026 term of the LAB arising from the resignation of an elected employee representative.

     The 2025 LAB By-election of Employee Representative will be held at Function Rooms, 3/F South Tower, The Salisbury - YMCA of Hong Kong, 41 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, on March 29 (Saturday). Authorised representatives may cast their votes at the above polling station between 9am and 5pm. Upon the appointment by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare with authority delegated by the Chief Executive, the elected representative will become an LAB member for the current term up to December 31, 2026.

     Employee unions registered as electors in the LAB elections held in 2006 or thereafter need not re-register as electors but have to submit forms to appoint authorised representatives in order to vote in the by-election.

     "We have sent out today related forms and copies of the rules and procedures for the by-election to all employee unions registered under the TUO," the spokesman said.

     Enquiries on matters relating to the by-election can be made at 2852 4024.

Ends/Monday, February 3, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:00

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