Labour Gazette Vol. LXII, No. 1, September 1982

Abstract

September 1982. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill 1982 passed ; Workers accept cut in pay in avertlayoff; Rajya Sabha passes the payment of wages (Amendment); Govt. efforts to contain poverty line; Uniform penalty of 25 percent for P.F. Arrears; Payment of Gratuity Act meeting INTUC pleads for removal of anomalies in the Act; Tripartite Labour meet soon on workers wages bill; Chowdhary to head panel on safety in coal mines; P.F. Act to be amended soon; Workers say in management; Loan from P.F. to be made easy-Amendment to the Gratuity Act; Govt. ILO to exchange expertise; Data bought from the States-Scheme for Beedi workers welfare in the country; Export order given precedence over holiday; Backward class welfare sub-committee; Special Allowance rates in 19 employments. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Industrial relations and economic development, by K. Kuhathasan. 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.