The Labour Advisory Board is likely to support the Government's call to scrap the law on collective bargaining, according to an employers' representative.
Ho Sai-chu hinted yesterday that the law, sponsored by ousted legislator Lee Cheuk-yan, might be scrapped. He said there was an understanding between employers and the Government that the law would harm the economy.
Some of the workers' representatives on the board agreed the law was not suitable, he claimed.
The law is one of four labour laws enacted by the pre-handover Legislative Council which was frozen by the provisional legislature earlier this month.
The Government has said it will review the laws and decide by October 31 whether to scrap them.
Mr Ho said that if the law was enacted, workers would have to follow the instructions of the unions, such as how many hours they should work every day.
'It is against the wishes of most workers since most of us want to work longer hours to earn more money, but this law will cause us great trouble,'he said.
