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Employee Welfare and Justice: By: Dr. Teena Bharti
Employee Welfare and Justice: By: Dr. Teena Bharti
According to Todd “employee welfare means anything done for the comfort and
improvement, intellectual or social, of the employees over and above the wages paid
which is not a necessity of the industry.
FEATURES OF EMPLOYEE
WELFARE
Employee
welfare is a comprehensive term including various services, facilities
and amenities provided to employees for their betterment.
The basic purpose in to improve the lot of the working class.
Employee welfare is a dynamic concept.
Employee welfare measures are also known as fringe benefits and services.
Welfare measures may be both voluntary and statutory
OBJECTIVES OF EMPLOYEE
WELFARE
Employee welfare is in the interest of the employee, the employer and the society as a
whole. The objectives of employee welfare are:
* It improves the loyalty and morale of the employees.
* It reduces labor turnover and absenteeism.
* Welfare measures help to improve the goodwill and public image of the enterprise.
* It helps to improve industrial relations and industrial peace.
*It helps to improve employee productivity
AGENCIES OF EMPLOYEE
WELFARE
1. Central government: - The central government has made elaborate provisions for the health,
safety and welfare under Factories Act 1948, and Mines Act 1952. These acts provide for canteens,
crèches, rest rooms, shelters etc.
2. State government: - Government in different states and Union Territories provide welfare
facilities to workers. State government prescribes rules for the welfare of the workers and ensures
compliance with the provisions under various labor laws.
3. Employers: - Employers in India in general looked upon welfare work as fruitless and barren
though some of them indeed had done pioneering work.
4. Trade unions: - In India, trade unions have done little for the welfare of workers. But few sound
and strong unions have been the pioneering in this respect. E.g. the Ahmedabad textiles labor
association and the Mazdoor sabha, Kanpur.
5. Other agencies: - Some philanthropic, charitable social service organizations like: - Seva Sadan
society, Y.M.C.A., etc
TYPES OF EMPLOYEE
WELFARE
* Intramural: - These are provided
within the organization like: 1. Canteen,
2. Rest rooms, 3. Crèches, 4. Uniform
etc.