Labour Gazette Vol. LVIII, No. 2, October 1978

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October 1978. MONTH IN BRIEF: CPI for working class, Maharashtra State; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra State. CURRENT NOTES: Maharashtra first to offer unemployment compensation; Child welfare programmes for small villages IYC-1979; Coverage of workers under ESI scheme; Scheme to provide self-employment to educated unemployed; Jobs for handicapped; Sachar panel recommends workers’ participation at board level; 289 sick units till December 77 – RBI report; Public enterprises; Swedish industrial democracy. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Industrial relations in Maharashtra state-Review for 1977; Report on an inquiry into indebtedness among the textile workers in greater Bombay conducted by the Ambedkar Institute for Labour Studies. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978; Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977; Bill further to amend the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. RECOGNITION OF UNDERTAKINGS UNDER THE BOMBAY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1946. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASTHRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. Statement showing CPI for working class for seven centres in Maharashtra state. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ON BASE (1960=100). LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme. BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS ADDED TO THE OFFICE LIBRARY.