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Delhi Labour Welfare Board introduces online portal for compliances under the Labour Welfare Act.

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country.

The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing 0.79 percentage points to the total change. At item level Tomato, Potato, Soyabeen Oil, Sunflower Oil, Buffalo Milk, Fish Fresh, Poultry Chicken, Cooked Meal, Cooking Gas, kerosene Oil, Bus Fare, Allopathic Medicine, Telephone Charges etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Onion, Bitter Guard, Lady Finger, Chilli Green, Lemon, Mango, Water Melon, Pan Leaf, Petrol for Vehicles etc. putting downward pressure on the index.

The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of June, 2022 will be released on Friday, 29th July, 2022.

Government of Haryana has issued a notification specifying conditions for exemption from restrictions on employment of women workers in night shifts.

Notification attached

All-India CPI for April, 2022 increased by 1.7 points from 126 to 127.7

Copy of Press Release

The All-India CPI-IW for March, 2022 increased by 1.0 point and stood at 126.0

Copy of press release

Tamil Nadu publishes draft Code on Wages (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022 inviting suggestions

Copy of notification

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has issued an order dated 31.3.22 revising the Variable Dearness Allowance payable under the Minimum Wages Act 1948 with effect from 1.4.22.

The order applies to scheduled employments where the appropriate government under the Minimum Wages Act is the Central Government.

Copy of the order

The following amendments have been made to the Tamil Nadu Shops & Establishments Rules 1948:

In rule 16, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :-

(a) Every employer shall maintain.-

1.  a Register of persons employed in Form-U;
2.  a Register of Employment in Form-V;
3.  a Register of Wages in Form-W; and
4.  a Register of Leave and Social Security Benefits in Form-X.

(b) The registers referred to in clause (a) shall be maintained either electronically or manually.

(c) Where the registers referred to in clause (a) are maintained in electronic form, the layout and presentation of the registers may be adjusted without changing the integrity, serial number and contents of the columns of the registers.

Please refer to the notification for details

All-India CPI-for Industrial Workers (2016=100) for February, 2022 decreases from 125.01 to 125

Copy of press release

A Press Release issued by Ministry of Labour & Employment stated that the Central Board recommended 8.10% annual rate of interest to be credited on EPF accumulations in members’ accounts for the financial year 2021-22. The interest rate would be officially notified in the government gazette following which EPFO would credit the rate of interest into its subscribers’ accounts.

Copy of the Press Release