Employee Welfare
A STUDY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPLOYEE WELFARE MEASURES
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CHAPTER – 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Labour welfare is one of the major aspects of national programmes towards betterment of the conditions of labour force and creating a congenial work environment with decent comfort for this class of population for leading good standard of life.
Measures and activities undertaken by the state, employers and association of workers standards of life and for the promotion of their economical and social well being are labeled as ‘welfare work’. Thus welfare work may be defined as work for improving the health well being and the industrial efficiency of the workers beyond the minimum standards laid down by the factories act and other labour legislation.
The entire field of welfare is one in which much can be done to combat the sense of frustration of the industrial worker, to relieve him of personal and family worries, to improve his health, to afford him a means of self-expression, to offer him some sphere in which he can excel all others and to help him to a wider concept of life.
1.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
1.2.1 LABOUR WELFARE MEASURES:
The oxford dictionary defines labour welfare as “efforts to make life worth living for workmen”. These efforts have their origin either in some statue formed by the state or in some local custom or in a collective agreement or in the employer’s own initiative.
An employer may voluntarily initiate labour welfare measures in his undertaking with the following objective:
To win over employees loyalty and increase their morale.
To enable the workers to enjoy a fuller and richer life
To develop efficiency and productivity among workers
To build stable labour force, to reduce labour turnover and absenteeism
To earn goodwill and enhance public image
To make recruitment more effective (because these benefits add to job appeal)
To develop a sense of
AT TAMILNADU PETROPRODUCTS LTD.
CHAPTER – 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Labour welfare is one of the major aspects of national programmes towards betterment of the conditions of labour force and creating a congenial work environment with decent comfort for this class of population for leading good standard of life.
Measures and activities undertaken by the state, employers and association of workers standards of life and for the promotion of their economical and social well being are labeled as ‘welfare work’. Thus welfare work may be defined as work for improving the health well being and the industrial efficiency of the workers beyond the minimum standards laid down by the factories act and other labour legislation.
The entire field of welfare is one in which much can be done to combat the sense of frustration of the industrial worker, to relieve him of personal and family worries, to improve his health, to afford him a means of self-expression, to offer him some sphere in which he can excel all others and to help him to a wider concept of life.
1.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
1.2.1 LABOUR WELFARE MEASURES:
The oxford dictionary defines labour welfare as “efforts to make life worth living for workmen”. These efforts have their origin either in some statue formed by the state or in some local custom or in a collective agreement or in the employer’s own initiative.
An employer may voluntarily initiate labour welfare measures in his undertaking with the following objective:
To win over employees loyalty and increase their morale.
To enable the workers to enjoy a fuller and richer life
To develop efficiency and productivity among workers
To build stable labour force, to reduce labour turnover and absenteeism
To earn goodwill and enhance public image
To make recruitment more effective (because these benefits add to job appeal)
To develop a sense of
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