CONFIDENTIAL
A Labour
(i)
(ii)
The number of compulsory rest days to be increased from 4 a month to 1 a week as from 1 January 1977;
One week's paid annual leave with effect from 1 January 1978;
(iii) Sickness benefits to be improved from to
2/3 of pay and the maximum number of days for which it can be paid to be increased from 24 to 36;
(iv)
A compensation scheme for workers suffering from silicosis or asbestosis;
(v)
(vi)
Further safety regulations to be introduced;
Better protection of workers' wages in case of bankruptcy or liquidation;
(vii)
Abolish overtime for young persons by four annual stages from 1 January 1977 to 1 January 1980;
(viii)
Increase severance pay rate from 1/3 to į a month's pay for each year of service;
(ix)
Employers to meet the cost of replacement of surgical appliances in compensation cases;
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
Raise wage ceiling for eligibility for workmen's compensation, for non-manual workers from $2,000 to $5,000 (all manual workers already eligible);
Vicarious liability for wages to be imposed on principal contractors in building and construction industries;
Relaxation of restrictions on trade union office holders.
B Social Welfare
(1) Public assistance for unemployed able-bodied
persons under 55 to be introduced as from · i April 1977 (families already eligible);
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