Registrations and nominations invited for Labour Advisory Board Election of Employee Representatives

The Labour Department (LD) today (September 14) issued an invitation to employee unions registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance (TUO) to register as electors, appoint authorised representatives to vote and nominate candidates for the 2027-2028 Labour Advisory Board (LAB) Election of Employee Representatives. The deadline is October 6 (Tuesday). The LAB is a tripartite consultative body comprising representatives of employees and employers to advise the Commissioner for Labour on labour matters. The current term of the LAB will end on December 31 this year. An election of five employee representatives to the LAB for its next two-year tenure, ending December 31, 2028, will be held at Mei Foo Community Hall, 1/F, Mei Foo Government Complex, on November 28 (Saturday) this year. Authorised representatives may cast their votes at the above polling station between 9am and 5pm. Employee unions registered as electors in the LAB elections held in 2006 or thereafter are only required to submit forms to appoint authorised representatives in order to vote in the election. The LD sent out today related forms and copies of the rules and procedures for the election to all employee unions regis