Labour Gazette Vol. LXIII, No. 5, January 1984

Abstract

January 1984. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: 5 states allowed to mend labour laws; Coal wage accord signed; Curbs on outsiders as TU office-bearers; Bihar scheme to improve unemployment; New Scheme for Training Labour Officers; At NLI; Fourth pay panel; Sick units; Central advisory board on child labour set up; Early notification of amendment to ID Act; Gratuity Act to be taken up soon; Mines (Amendment) Bill approved; Panel on Wage policy likely; Bonded labour; German Tus want 35 hour week; Proposal to further amend ID rules; Conventions panels Sub-committee on agenda constituted; Option for pensioners; Penalty for child labour to be enhanced; Benefits under labour welfare scheme enlarged; Compensation Act to cover more diseases; ESI scheme benefit hike; Workers’ say in state units soon. 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.