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LABOUR WELFARE
Labour Welfare:
Concept:
Welfare includes anything that is done for the
comfort and improvement of employees and is
provided over and above the wages.
Anything done for the intellectual, physical, moral
and economic betterment of the workers , whether
by employers, by government or by other agencies,
over and above what is laid down laid down by law
or what is normally expected of the contractual
benefits for which workers may have bargained.
IMPORTANCE:
1. Welfare helps in keeping the morale and
motivation of the employees high so as to retain
the employees for longer duration.
2. The welfare measures need not be in monetary
terms only but in any kind/forms.
3. Employee welfare includes monitoring of working
conditions, creation of industrial harmony through
infrastructure for health, industrial relations and
insurance against disease, accident and
unemployment for the workers or salaries.
Government
Employers
Workers organizations
Educational facilities
Medical facilities
Transport facilities
Recreational facilities
Housing facilities
Consumer Co-operative societies etc
Washing facilities
Facilities for storing and drying clothing
Facilities for occasional rest for workers
who obliged to work standing
First aid boxes or cupboards-one for every
150 workers and the ambulance for more
than 500 workers
Canteens, more than 250 workers
Shelters, rest-rooms, lunch rooms, over
150 workers are employed
Creche
Welfare officer, 500 workers are employed
LABOUR STATISTICS
The Labour Bureau is responsible for
collection, compilation and publication of
statistical and other information regarding
employment, wages, earnings, industrial
relations, working conditions, etc. It also
compiles and publishes the consumer price
index numbers for industrial and agricultural
workers.
Welfare Funds:
The scheme of Welfare Funds is outside the
framework of specific employer and employee
relationship in as much as the resources are raised
by the Government on a non-contributory basis and
delivery of welfare services is effected without
linkage to individual workers contribution. The
finances are raised by imposing on the commercial
activity of the target group. Towards this end,
separate legislations have been enacted by
Parliament to set up five Welfare Funds to be
administered by Ministry of Labour to provide
housing, medical care, social security, educational
and recreational facilities to workers employed in
beedi industry, certain non-coal mines and cine
workers.
Worker-Teacher Training
Refresher course for Worker Teacher
and Trainers
Leadership Development
Joint Educational Programmes
Programmes for self generation of
funds
Need based seminar
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