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基本法第27條規定人民有組織和參加工會、罷工的權利和自由。工會需向政府註冊，不過，法院會寬鬆地解釋這些權利。這裡有高度的勞工流動性，政府在僱傭和失業方面提倡自由放任政策。普通法並無工作權，雖然基本法第33條列明 「香港居民有選擇職業的自由。」經社文公約確認了工作權，經社文權利雖並未納入香港人權法案條例，經社文公約卻假定其對香港有約束力。香港不同的法律規範僱主與僱員的關係，包括僱傭條例、職工會條例、僱員賠償條例、勞資關係條例、破產欠薪保障條例、勞資審裁處條例。有三條1995年的法律只載於文字，影響也很小：性別歧視條例、強制公積金計劃條例及殘疾歧視條例。這裡有兩組主要的工會：親北京的香港工會聯合會（工聯會），關注焦點為愛國主義和工人福利，它有超過177個屬會和超過三十萬名會員。加上，另一個較小而支持民主的香港職工會聯盟（職工盟）。
Article 27 of the Basic Law asserts “the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike.” Unions are required to register with the government. Otherwise, the courts interpret these rights broadly. But there is high labour mobility, and the government promotes a laissez-faire policy on employment and unemployment. There is no common law right to work, although art. 33 of the Basic Law states that “Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of choice of occupation.” The right to work is recognized in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which, though not incorporated into the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, is nonetheless presumably binding on Hong Kong. Hong Kong has various laws governing the relationship between employer and employee, including the Employment Ordinance, Trade Unions Ordinance, Employees Compensation Ordinance, Labour Relations Ordinance, Protection of Wages on Insolvency Ordinance, and the Labour Tribunal Ordinance. There are three 1995 laws that exist on paper but have had little effect: the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, and the Disability Discrimination Ordinance. There are two main groupings of trade unions: the pro-Beijing Federation of Trade Unions, which focuses on patriotism and worker welfare. It has over 177 affiliates and altogether over 300,000 members. In addition, there is the slightly smaller, pro-democracy Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.
Res ources: On the two labour organizations, see Wikipedia entries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Trade_Unions and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions.
資料來源：東吳大學張佛泉人權研究中心編纂：《人權字典》（臺北市：教育部，2007年6月，第一版一刷），頁376。
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