Labour Gazette Vol LX, No. 10, June 1981

Abstract

June 1981. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: 12.91 M. Mandays Lost in 1980; Govt. Pension and Gratuity entitlement; Pf Interest 8.5 Pc. ; Maharashtra Labour Minister supports verification method; For industrial peace and harmony proposals mooted to amend Labour Laws; Country has 16.25m child labourers; Closures in industry; Full wages for the disabled; Resurrection or wage boards; Over one Lakh Bonded labour rehabilitated; Maharashtra State handicrafts board constituted; Regularising contract labour; Charges in labour laws in the offing; Statutory wage board for each industry likely. LABOUR LEGISLATION: 1. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; 2. Maharashtra Mathadi Hamal and other Manual workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Industrial Unrest: Issues and Challengs, by Shri N. K. Bhatt; The Kantharia Report-An anatomy, By Shri P. J. Ovid; Workers’ Education-A new approach, by Shri G. Ramanujam. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. Statement showing CPI numbers for working class by groups for seven centres of Maharashtra. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.