Labour Gazette Vol. LXII, No. 7, March 1983

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March 1983. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Tamilnadu Govt. To contribute to Labour Welfare Fund; Proposal on D.A. panel; Panel to study bonus payment to department undertakings; Progress in industrial peace; 8,644 U.P. bonded labour located; Minimum wage up by 13 P.C.; P.F. payment rules to be relaxed; RMMS declared representative union; Orissa to amend I.D. Act; Productivity bonus to P.F. employees; Retirement age reduced for LIC employees; Women still face discrimination in wages; Committee appointed under the Minimum Wages Act; ILO to examine Canadian Wage restraint bill. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: The Challenge-Use of Liquor and Drug among industrial workers, by Dr. D. K. Gangrade; Annual report on the CPI number for the working classes for the State of Maharashtre, 1982. LABOUR LEGISLATIONS: No. 46 of 1982-Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1982; No. 38 of 1982-Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1982. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune.