Labour Gazette Vol. LXII, No. 3, November 1982

Abstract

November 1982. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Quantum of gratuity for govt. employees raised; Centre asks states to implement W.P. Scheme; Wage freeze for Japan’s public sector; Minimum wages Act likely to be amended; Courts to try Provident Fund defaulters urged; Welfare Fund for small mine workers proposed; Mineworkers donate a days wages for flood relief; Rehabilitation of bonded labour; Amending Bill on gratuity moved; 1.33 lakhs freed during 1981-82 more funds for bonded labour; New social security scheme under study; Wages laws applicability limit hiked; Bonded labour; Jute panel set up. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Gandhiji and Industrial relations-(Contributed); Intuc’s Employment promotion project-a profile, by Dr. N. Vaidyanathan. LABOUR LEGISLATION: No. 18 of 1982 (Amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders)) Act, 1946. 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.