PURPLE HATS

SUDHIR DEEPAK

EMPLOYEE WELFARE

RITESH ASHISH

GROUP -9
EMPLOYEE WELFARE
 “ Every organisation hears what
employees says, Good organisation
listens to what employees have to
say but organisations with employee
welfare schemes listens what
employees don’t say”

GROUP- 9
 CONTENTS
• What is employee welfare?
RITESH
• Merits & Demerits
• Types of welfare Activity
• Approaches to labour welfare ASHISH
&
• Administration of welfare activities DEEPAK
• Safety & Health Measures
• Welfare facilities at ITI
• Latest Trends
SUDHIR
 WHAT IS EMPLOYEE
WELFARE?
• Relates to taking care of the well being of
workers by employers, trade unions,
governmental and non-governmental
organizations.
• Referred to as betterment work for employees.
According to the Royal Commission
on Labor
• Labor welfare is a term which must
necessarily be elastic, bearing a somewhat
different interpretation in one country from
another, according to different social customs,
the degree of industrialization and educational
level of workers.
 Merits
• Motivates employees
• Employee Retention
• Minimized social evils
• Better Job satisfaction
• Cuts down labor turnover
 Demerits
• Huge investment
• Employees being dissatisfied
 Types of Welfare Activity
• Inside the work place-Intra mural facilities
• Facilities within the factories like medical,
compensation, drinking water
• Outside the work place-Extra mural facilities
• Facility provided outside the factories like
accommodation, recreational facilities, educational
facilities
 Inside the work Place
• Conditions of environment
• Safety and cleanliness of the work
environment
• Good house keeping-compound walls and
lawns
• Convenience and comfort-illumination,
seating arrangements
• Safety measures-machine fencing,
goggles, first aid, helmets
• Visible posters and warnings
 Inside the work Place
• Convenience
• Provisions for wash basins,
bathrooms and waste disposal
• Provision for drinking water
• Canteen service
• Recreation rooms, rest rooms and
libraries.
 Inside the work Place

• Health services
• Health center
• Dispensary
• First aid
• Health education
• Counseling
• Ambulance service
 Inside the work Place
• Women and child welfare
• Maternity aid
• Child care
• Separate facilities for women
• Women’s recreation
• Family planning services
 Inside the work Place
• Others
• Employment follow up-comfort and
awareness
• Economic services-loans, insurance
• Labour management services-counseling,
safety committee
• Employee education-library, AV unit,
literary classes, news bulletin etc.
 ASHISH

• Comfortable and hygienic residences

• Sanitation and water disposal
• Proper roads and lighting facility
• Plentiful markets
• Security
• Health and medical services
• Welfare activities by the government
• Factories Act of 1948
• Washing facilities
• Rest rooms
• First aid boxes
• Canteen and shelters
• Crèche for more than 30 women
• Welfare officers for more than 500 workers
• Mines Act of 1952
• Crèches for more than 50 women
• Canteen for more than 150 workers
• Shelter for more than 250 workers
• Shower baths and sanitary latrines
• Welfare officer for more than 500
workers
• Plantation Act of 1951
• Recreation facility for workers and
their children
• Educational facility
• Housing facility for all workers
• Umbrellas, blankets, raincoats and
other amenities
• Contract Labour Act 1970
• A canteen for more than 100 employees
• Rest rooms and alternative
accommodation
• Sufficient supply of drinking water
washing facilities etc
• First aid boxes
• Labour welfare officer- schedule 49 of
Factories Act
• Present in a factory of more than 500 workers
• Supervision of safety and welfare programmers
• Counseling of workers and adjustment in work
environment
• Formulate welfare policies
• Liasoning with officials and resolving disputes
RITESH
• POLICING THEORY
– Labour exploitation
• RELIGION THEORY
– Investment aspect
• PHILANTHROPIC THEORY
– Affection for mankind
– Good working conditions
• PATERNALISTIC THEORY
– Also known as Trusteeship theory
• PLACATING THEORY
– Welfare activities will please workers and will make them work
well.
• PUBLIC RELATIONS THEORY
– Welfare activities to create good impression on the minds of the
public
• FUNCTIONAL THEORY
– Welfare activities provided to make workers more efficient
• SOCIAL THEORY
– Obligation on the part of the organization to provide for the
employees welfare
DEEPAK
1.Welfare Policy
 Objectives
Motivation, Retention, Raise the Standard of living, Prevent
Social evils
 Agencies
Central, State Government, Social organizations

 Range
i) Type of facilities
ii) Coverage of employees

 Timeliness
2.Organisation For Welfare
 The Factories Act ,1948 mandates that every
industrial establishment must appoint a
welfare officer if the number of employees is
500 or more.

 It is argued that the prime responsibility for

welfare should rest with the line manager or
the HR manager.
3.Assesment Of Effectiveness
 Effectiveness of welfare must be assessed
periodically.

 Two methods of assessment :

i) Trend Analysis
ii) Opinion Survey
 Fringe Benefits

The term fringe benefits refers to the

extra benefits provided to employees
in addition to the normal
compensation paid in the form of
wage or salary.
 Objectives
• To create & improve sound industrial
relations.
• To promote employees welfare.
• To motivate the employees by
identifying & satisfying their
unsatisfied needs.
• To provide security to the employees
against social risks like old age
benefits & maternity benefits.
• To provide safety against accidents.
 Features of fringe benefits
• They are supplementary forms of
compensation.
• They are paid to all employees based
on there membership in the
organization.
• They help to raise the living
conditions of the employees.
• It may be statutory or voluntary.
 Need for fringe benefits
• Employees demand
• Trade union demand
• Employer’s preference
• As a social security
• To improve human relations
 Examples of fringes
1. Legally required payments
- Old age, survivors, disability and health insurance (commonly
known as social security)
- Worker’s compensation
- Unemployment compensation
2. Contingent and Deferred benefits
- Pension plans
- group life insurance
- military leave and pay
- maternity leave
- child care leave & sick leave etc.,
3. Payments for time not worked
- vacations & holidays
- voting pay allowances
4.Other benefits
- travel allowances & moving expenses
- uniform tool expenses
 SUDHIR

SAFETY & HEALTH

• “ Every twenty seconds of every
working minute of every hour
throughout the world, some one dies
as a result of industrial accident.”
 WHAT IS SAFETY?
• Safety - freedom from the occurrence or
risk of injury or loss.
• Industrial Safety – protection of workers
from the danger of industrial accidents.
• Accident – an unplanned and uncontrolled
event in which an action or reaction of an
object, a substance, a person, or a
radiation results in personal injury.
TYPES OF ACCIDENTS

Accidents

Internal External

Major Minor

Fatal Disability

Temporary Permanent

Partial Total Partial Total

 NEED FOR SAFETY
• Cost saving
• Increased productivity
• Moral
• Legal
 HEALTH

“The well-being of the employee

(Physical as well as Mental) in an
industrial establishment.”

1. Physical Health

2. Mental Health
Welfare Facilities At ITI
(A) CARE
i) Medical Facilities
 For the employees covered under ESI scheme.
 EFT scheme
 Medical Reimbursement
ii) Township Administration
iii) Welfare Funds
Welfare Facilities At ITI
iv) Educational Scheme

v) Welfare Association & Clubs

vi) Other Welfare Measures

 Non-Officers Canteen
 Officers Canteen
 Transport
 Uniform
 Safety
Welfare Facilities At ITI
(B) TERMINAL BENEFITS

vii) Employees’ Provident Fund

viii) Gratuity Scheme

ix) Group Insurance Scheme

 Latest Trends
• I – Wega
• Health Scribe
• Subex Systems
• Infosys
• Hewlett – Packard
 Conclusion
• If a tailor makes mistake – it becomes a
fashion
• If a scientist makes a mistake – it becomes an
invention
• If an HR manager deploys a retention strategy
– it becomes a welfare measure
 Bibliography
• Wikipedia
• www.google.com
• Human Resource Management – Gesler
• Human Resource Management- VSP Rao
• Human Resource Management-N.K Singh
• Human Resource Management-Vershney
• Human Resource Management-Mirza S