Employee Welfare

Employee welfare
Welfare includes anything that is done for the comfort and improvement of employees and is provided over and above the wages. Welfare helps in keeping the morale and motivation of the employees high so as to retain the employees for longer duration. The welfare measures need not be in monetary terms only but in any kind/forms. 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 and their
families. Labor welfare entails all those activities of employer which are directed towards providing the employees with certain facilities and services in addition to wages or salaries.
Labor welfare has the following objectives: 1. To provide better life and health to the workers
2. To make the workers happy and satisfied
3. To relieve workers from industrial fatigue and to improve intellectual, cultural and material conditions of living of the workers. The basic features of labor welfare measures are as follows: 1. Labor welfare includes various facilities, services and amenities provided to workers for improving their health, efficiency, economic betterment and social status.
2. Welfare measures are in addition to regular wages and other economic benefits available to workers due to legal provisions and collective bargaining
3. Labor welfare schemes are flexible and ever-changing. New welfare measures are added to the existing ones from time to time.
4. Welfare measures may be introduced by the employers, government, employees or by
any social or charitable agency.
5. The purpose of labor welfare is to bring about the development of the whole personality of the workers to make a better workforce. The very logic behind providing welfare schemes is to create efficient, healthy, loyal and satisfied labor force for the organization. The purpose of providing such facilities is to make their work life better and also to raise their standard of living. The important benefits of welfare measures can be summarized as follows:
They provide better physical and mental health to workers and thus promote a healthy work environment
Facilities like housing schemes, medical benefits, and education and recreation facilities for workers families help in raising their standards of living. This makes workers to pay more attention towards work and thus increases their productivity.
Employers get stable labor force by providing welfare facilities. Workers take active interest in their jobs and work with a feeling of involvement and participation.
Employee welfare measures increase the productivity of organization and promote healthy industrial relations thereby maintaining industrial peace.
The social evils prevalent among the labors such as substance abuse, etc are reduced to a greater extent by the welfare policies.
The Cooperative shall provide the following services based on employee needs and funding: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Canteen Dormitory or housing Haircut Daycare or kindergarten Laundry Library
7. Recreation 8. Supply of articles of daily use 9. Other services regarding employee welfare
Statutory Compliances in HR A Detailed List Posted in [Uncategorized], [PAYROLL] By TalentPro-Blogger The present day legal climate is one of uncertainty and confusion. In most cases, a law comes to light only after its contravention, resulting in severe penalties. Compliance Management is a must in keeping you away from the long arm of the law! Here is a quick compilation of the various Statutory Compliance In HR

The Apprentices Act, 1961 The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation Act), 1986 The Industrial Disputes Act, 1946 The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 The Payment Of Gratuity Act, 1972 The Industrial Employment Standing Orders Act, 1946 The Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 The Payment Of Bonus Act, 1965 The Payment Of Wages Act, 1936 The Factories Act, 1948 The Employment Exchanges(Compulsory Notification Of Vacancies) Act, 1959 The Trade Unions Act, 1926 The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 Inter State Migrant Workmen( Regulation Of Employment & conditions Of service ) Act, 1979

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2. To make the workers happy and satisfied

4. Welfare measures may be introduced by the employers, government, employees or by

any social or charitable agency.

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