Labour Gazette Vol. LIII, No. 12, August 1974

Abstract

August 1974. Month in brief: CPI for working class; Industrial disputes. Current notes: Wage agreements in Austria; International roundup; Costly labour, Japan; Shri Malaviya’s links wages with productivity; Coal mines PF amended; Probe the role of multinational corporation-Reddy told ILO; National wages body mooted; Wider coverage of ESIC; Industrial Act to be amended; Shir Tidke inaugurates the seminar on synthetic detergents; Minimum wages in flour mills-report submitted; Minimum wages committee for employment in cinema exhibition period extended; Minimum wages board for co-operative bank employees; Needs of Marathwada Industries about skilled and semi-skilled workers assessed; Contract Labour Act held valid-Registration of establishments necessary. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Wage-Indexation in different countries. Notifications under labour laws: Public Utility Service declaration in the June. Labour legislation: Maharasthra Mathadi Hamal and other Manual workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare Act 1969); Poona grocery markets or shops and markets or subsidiary markets unprotected workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare Act Scheme 1974). Other legislation: Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Bills 1974 (No. 83/1974). CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (Apr); Industrial disputes (Apr). Cases under labour laws. Labour literature. Statistics: Dearness allowance.