Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 10, June 1973

Abstract

June 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: Prime Minister stresses labour’s role-address at INTUC’S historic May Day rally; Meeting with industries commissioner; Prime Minister rewrites bonus concept; Steel minister redefines collective bargaining; Changes in per capita income; Shri V.P. Naik’s fervent appeal to industrialists to help scarcity relief; Jobs for economically weaker sections-Age limit relaxed for scarcity-hit; Minimum wages for bakery employees fixed; Public utility service declared, Apr 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), Mar 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Safety education for workers (S. K. Mukharij); Industrial relation in Maharashtra State review for 1972. Notifications under labour laws. Labour legislation: Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970; CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra Mar; Industrial disputes, Feb; Important industrial disputes, Feb; Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (Mar); Night shifts in Cotton mills (Apr) & Labour turnover (Mar); Workers Compensation Act (quarter to Sept 1972); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (Apr); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, Apr); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (Apr); Employment situation, Maharashtra (Mar); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (Apr). Labour literature. Cases under labour law. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (Feb); CPI, Andhra & Madras (Mar); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (Mar).