Labour Gazette Vol. LXI, No. 9, May 1982

Abstract

May 1982. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Separate Insurance Fund for protection P.F. monies; Plan to hold Tripartite Labour meet soon; Unskilled workers may get more; Call to step up safety measures for workers; Big wage raise for miners road builders; Procedure to get P.F. loans simplified; Gratuity Act to be amended; B.K. Das on the ILO panel; 40 lakh UP Bidi (Beedi) workers get wage hike; Bill moved to amend I.D. Act; Codification of unfair practices; Dismissed worker; Defence bonus; Rural wages; Bill to provide house rent to workers. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Challenge of poverty and unemployment, by Thaneswar Gohia. 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 disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.