“The question is whether the regulations on which he relies, which are in Part X of the Local Government (Staff) Regulations, 1960 on “Termination of Appointment”, relate to daily paid employees or to established employees only. It is explicitly clear that from Regulation 94 down to Regulation 98 the regulations are concerned with the termination of the appointment of a confirmed established employee; and although Regulations 99 and 100 speak of “an employee” simpliciter, it is clear from the reference to leave under Regulations 130 and 132 (which relate to leave of established employees), and from the sequence and concatenation of the regulations in Part X, that they do not relate to daily paid but to established employees. (The leave of daily paid employees is governed by Regulation 148.) In our opinion the said Regulations of 1960 do not affect the Council’s power under Section 32 of the Labour Code Ordinance (cap. 91 in the 1958 Laws of the Federation etc.) to terminate the employment of daily paid labourers on oral contracts whose employment has been continuous for more than one month, by seven days notice: see Sub-Section (2)(b); the fact that the labourers were paid once a month does not make any difference.”
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