Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 12, August 1973

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August 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: President’s independence day message to the nation; State advisory council of industries constituted; Labour attendance on scarcity works daily “Sukhadi” to 42 lakh workers; 8 percent bonus for 972; Minimum wages committee for laundry industry & cinema exhibition industry; Britain takes big step towards equality in jobs; Blind workers benefit from rehabilitation programme; Employment services for disabled in Britain-review; Unemployment in Britain continues to fall; State dept. labour aide lauds goals of AIFLD; Labour dept. study backs extension of jobless aid to farm workers; Govt. employees seek full-scale bargaining system; Public utility service declared, Jun 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), May 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Lay-off compensation or wage insurance (C. M. George), Equal pay: Not as simple as it sound (Ruth Elliott). Notification under labour laws. Labour legislation: Second Central Wage Board for Sugar Industry; Maharashtra Sugar Wage Board. Other legislation: Maharashtra Industrial Relation (Validation of Certain Proceedings) Act 1973. CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (May); Industrial disputes (Apr); Important industrial disputes (Apr); Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (May); Night shifts in Cotton mills (June) & Labour turnover (May); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (June); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, June; medical side, Feb); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (June); Employment situation, Maharashtra (May); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (June). Labour literature. Book review. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (Apr); CPI, Andhra & Madras (May, June); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (May).