Labour Gazette Vol. LXII, No. 10, June 1983

Abstract

June 1983. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Link wages with productivity; Family pension scheme liberalised; Workers participation in management in public undertaking; Bane of overtime; Amendment to the Mines Act; States differ on I.R. Commissions; Scheme to help strike bound textile mills; Employment of casual labour in govt. offices; Prime minister in favour of over-hauling I.D. Act; President Zail Singh advocates ‘One union for one industry’; Code of discipline to have statutory backing; Centre for I.R. Commissions; ESI cover likely for building labour; State owned textile units to have workers participation; PM’s May Day Message-Workers, creators of wealth and agents of change; Bill to promote workers welfare; Bill to amend Bonus Act soon; Mining Act-obselete-Minister Salve; Three shifts for more employment in Bombay Textile units; Minimum wage committee for laundry workers; No employment of minors under amended Mines Act; Millowners told to take back textile workers-C.M.; Bonded labour; Gratuity ceiling limit to be raised; RS. 4.5 crore scheme for bonded labour; Naik Gen. Sec. Phalke Jt. Gen. Sec. of RMMS; CPI at new high; Labour legislations; Amendments made and pending and proposed new legislations; Main observations and conclusions of the NPC’s study team to Japan; Public utility service; Payment to EGS workers. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Labour welfare in India, By V.K. Agarwal and S.S. Singh. 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. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.