INTRODUCTION: Human resource management is primarily concerned with the management of human relationships within a modern organization.

In these research main concepts of Human Resource Management namely employee welfare and safety policies have been discussed. Employee welfare and safety policies means to providing such service facilities and Amenities which enable the workers employed in an organization to perform their work in healthy congenial surrounding conductive to good health and high morale. Employee welfare is a comprehensive term including various services, benefits and facilities offered by the employer. Welfare measures improve the physical and physiological health of the employees, which in turn enhance their efficiency and productivity. Employee welfare promotes a sense of belongings among the workers, preventing them from resorting to unhealthy practices like absenteeism, Employee unrest strike, etc. Welfare work improves the relations between employees and employers. To attract, motivate and retain good employees, organization need to define what employees want from employment relationship. Employee needs is to consider Total Reward which is everything an employee perceives resulting from working for the company. Benefits are core elements of Total Reward system. Benefits include health, welfare plans and retirement plans provided by the organizations to protect and ensure employees financial security. Employee benefits have evolved from basic "Fringe Benefits "to a comprehensive range of benefits that strike a balance between employees' personal and professional lives.

Companies offering attractive benefits packages have more buying power in the job market. The available literature on employee welfare benefits suggest that people do not work just for a wage or salary but expect more from employment. Companies offering more voluntary benefits have better chance of attracting qualified people and retaining them. On the other hand retention is key challenge in firms lacking such welfare benefits and where work tends to get routine and there is no opportunity for personal growth and development. The result would be high rate of employee turnover. Research reveals various reasons why employees want to leave an organization. The most common one includes monotonous work schedule, stress at workplace, lack of career growth, training and development opportunities and nepotism etc. This Research focuses on employee welfare benefits, its impact on employees and organization. The study also provided some suggestions and recommendations to the organization for the improvement of employee welfare problems in order to motivate, retain and improve employee performance at workplace.

IMPORTANCE The various welfare measures provided by the employee will have immediate impact on the health, physical and mental efficiency, alertness, morale and overall efficiency of the workers and thereby contributing to the highest productivity.

SOME BENEFITS OF WELFARE AND SAFTY FACILITIES; 1.Reduction in employee turnover 2.Reduction in absenteeism 3.Create a sense of belongingness 4.Reduction in employee dispute 5.Balanced development of employees 6.Increases the efficiency of the workers

Executive summary

Which topic we chosen Research project on Employee welfare and safety policies. This study is to investigate how welfare programs affect employees. Secondly why employers provide employee welfare programs and how they help organizations in retaining staff and increasing workplace productivity. Finally to highlight employee welfare problems in the selected organization and to provide suggestions to improve employees' job satisfaction, working conditions and health and safety issues at workplace.

Why we choose the topic Human Resource Management It is more concerned with the development of employees rather than the directions of things. The employee welfare and safety policies are one of the interesting topics of organization wealth management. As a student of management, it directly gives me opportunity to study the internal relations between employees and organization. That means how organization well concerned about employees and employees towards their performance.

Where we researched on the project topic At western coalfields limited. (Head quarters at Nagpur area) This project report study of employee welfare and safety policies in western coalfields ltd, Nagpur is a review based on theory as well as research at WCL. Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) is one of the 8 subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited, contributing about 8.19% of the national coal production.The company came into existence on 1st November, 1975 after re-organization of the nationalized coal industry.

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1. Introduction 2. Company Profile 3. Research study i. ii. Problem Definition Objectives of the study

4. Research Methodology 5. Data collection 6. Data analysis and Interpretation 7. Conclusion 8. Recommendations and Suggestions 9. Limitations of the study 10. 11. 12. References Bibliography Annexure