Welfare Measure
INTRODUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE STUDY
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Every business organization depends for its effective functioning on its pool of able and willing human resources. It is man alone who with his ability to feel, think and grow, shows satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The industrial progress of country would depend on its committed labour force.
Hence it was felt that the workplace should provide adequate facilities to protect the health of the workers from occupational diseases. But to improve the productivity, it was essential to improve and maintain the morale and the sense of security at work of the workers. Providing them various amenities in addition to their regular salary could do this.
These amenities are also known as welfare measures, which are provided by the labours to the workers. This would include both the statutory welfare measures as well as the non-statutory welfare measures. The welfare amenities prove beneficial to the labour as well. For the labour such amenities will improve the labour’s motivation level, thus improving the industrial relations and promoting goodwill in the organization. Thus the welfare measures play an important role in improving the productivity level of the labour’s and reducing the labour turnover and absenteeism making it possible for the management to bring the best out of them while rewarding them accordingly.
In general it may be said that the welfare amenities or measures would include all the means of protecting the health, general well being safety and efficiency of the workers of the organization. In some of the large organization, welfare amenities would include the selection and training of the labour. In fact welfare facilities are not restricted to the workers alone, but it is extended to whole of the society in general. Human resources management is at the centre of actuating, which forms the crux of Human Resources Management in the rapidly changing management scenario of
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Every business organization depends for its effective functioning on its pool of able and willing human resources. It is man alone who with his ability to feel, think and grow, shows satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The industrial progress of country would depend on its committed labour force.
Hence it was felt that the workplace should provide adequate facilities to protect the health of the workers from occupational diseases. But to improve the productivity, it was essential to improve and maintain the morale and the sense of security at work of the workers. Providing them various amenities in addition to their regular salary could do this.
These amenities are also known as welfare measures, which are provided by the labours to the workers. This would include both the statutory welfare measures as well as the non-statutory welfare measures. The welfare amenities prove beneficial to the labour as well. For the labour such amenities will improve the labour’s motivation level, thus improving the industrial relations and promoting goodwill in the organization. Thus the welfare measures play an important role in improving the productivity level of the labour’s and reducing the labour turnover and absenteeism making it possible for the management to bring the best out of them while rewarding them accordingly.
In general it may be said that the welfare amenities or measures would include all the means of protecting the health, general well being safety and efficiency of the workers of the organization. In some of the large organization, welfare amenities would include the selection and training of the labour. In fact welfare facilities are not restricted to the workers alone, but it is extended to whole of the society in general. Human resources management is at the centre of actuating, which forms the crux of Human Resources Management in the rapidly changing management scenario of