Labour Gazette Vol. LXIII, No. 8, April 1984

Abstract

April 1984. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: How W. German workers look at priorities; 1.46m get jobs; Committee formed to study medical representatives demand; Price Index base year for farm labour to be changed; Employee cost in labour intensive industries as high as 67 percent; Registration of job-seekers by computer sought by working panel; Labour cost increases; Panel on Khadi soon; Advisory panel defers consideration of criteria for minimum wages; Wage law for farm labour to be amended; Self employment scheme; New vocational training programme for women; Working group on textile industry; Maharashtra to amend labour laws; Cine workers welfare fund rules; Law on law-offs closures soon; Fourth pay panel; Sick units; Bonded labour; Amendment of Bonus Act ruled out; Session court at Gondia from March 1; Minimum wages revised in 6 employments; Educational concessions in Vidarbha; Revised wages for Potters. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Unions and productivity, by M. Kalyansundaram. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. 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.