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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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