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PUBLIC LAW 92-210-DEC. 22, 1971

[85 STAT.

toward the implementation of the national policy declared in the Employment Act of 1946 to create and maintain "conditions under which there will be afforded useful employment opportunities, including self-employment, for those able, willing, and seeking to work, and to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power"; (2) to promote the maintenance and improvement of worker motivation and to enlist community interest in increasing productivity and reducing waste; (3) to promote the more effective use of labor and management personnel in the interest of increased productivity; (4) to promote sound wage and price policies in the public interest, and to seek to accomplish that objective within a climate of cooperation and understanding between labor, management, and the public, and within a framework of peaceful labor-management relations and free and responsible collective bargaining; (5) to promote policies designed to insure that United States products are competitive in domestic and world markets; (6) to develop programs to deal with the social and economic problems of employees adversely affected by automation or other technological change or the relocation of industries. (c)(1) I t shall be the duty and function of the Commission, in order to achieve the objectives set forth in subsection (b) of this section, to encourage and assist in the organization and the work of labor-management-public committees and similar groups on a plant, community, regional, and industry basis. Such assistance shall inchide aid— (A) in the development of apprenticeship, training, retraining, and other programs for employee and management education for development of greater upgraded and more diversified skills; (B) in the formulation of programs designed to reduce waste and absenteeism and to improve employee safety and health; (C) in the revision of building codes and other local ordinances and laws, in order to keep them continuously responsive to current economic conditions; (D) in planning for provision of adequate transportation for employees; (E) in the exploration of means to expand exports of the products of United States industry; (F) in the development, initiation, and expansion of employee incentive compensation, profit-sharing and stockownership systems and other production incentive programs; (G) in the dissemination of technical information and other material to publicize its work and objectives; (H) to encourage studies of techniques and programs similar to those in paragraphs (A) to (G) of this subsection, as they are applied in foreign countries; and (I) in the dissemination of information and analyses concerning the economic oppo'rtunities and outlook in various regions and communities, and of information on industrial techniques designed for the increase of productivity. (2) The Commission shall transmit to the President and to the Congress not later than March 1 of each year an annual report of its previous year's activities under this Act.

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