Employee welfare

Employee welfare

Employee welfare is a very comprehensive term which

may include any activity which is connected with the
social, moral and economic betterment of workers ,
provided by any agency
 Objectives

1. To provide better life and health to the employee

2. To make the employees happy, satisfied and
efficient.
3. To improve intellectual, cultural and material
conditions of living of the employee and to relieve
them from industrial fatigue.
 Features

1. Employee welfare is a comprehensive term including various

services, facilities and amenities provided to workers for
improving their health, efficiency, economic betterment and
social status.
2. Given in addition to regular wages and other economic
benefits.
3. Dynamic in nature
4. Flexible and ever-changing concept
5. Can be introduced by employers, employees and
government, and any other agency
6. Basic purpose: develop personality, improve the life of
employees, to make him a better citizen
 Agencies for labour welfare in India

1. Central government
2. State government
3. Employers
4. Trade unions
5. Other agencies
 Types
Employee welfare

Intramural Extramural/External
Drinking water Housing
Toilets Education facility
Crèches Maternity benefits
Washing facility Transportation
Rest rooms Sports facility
Uniform and Leave travel
protective clothing
Vocational training
Recreation facility
Holiday homes
Canteen
Co-operative stores
First aid
Social insurance
 Statutory welfare measures
The Factories Act, 1948
1.Washing facilities to male and female workers separately.
2.Facilities for storing and drying clothes.
3.Facilities for occasional rest for workers who work in
standing position for long hours.
4.First aid boxes for every 150 workers and an ambulance
facility for more than 500 workers.
5.Canteens, where there are more than 250 workers.
6.Shelters, rest-rooms and lunch rooms where over 150 workers
are employed.
7.Creche, if 30 or more workers are employed.
8.Welfare officer, if 500 or more workers are employed.
 Labour welfare officer
1. Will be a supervisor of
- safety, health and welfare programmes
- working of joint committees
- grant of leave with wages
- redressal of grievances
2. Counselling workers in
- personal problems
- adjustment to their work environment
- Understanding their rights
3. Advising management on matters of
- formation of labour and welfare policies
- meeting statutory obligations
- developing fringe benefits
Labour welfare officer

4. Establishing liaison with workers so that they may

- appreciate the importance of harmonious industrial relations
- interpret company policies correctly
- come to a settlement of disputes
5. Liaise with the management so that they appreciate workers’
view point
6. Working with management and workers to improve
productivity
 Flexible benefits program

• A cafeteria plan, also called a flexible benefit plan,

allows employees to choose from a menu of optional
benefits the ones that best fit their individual needs.
Thus, employees can customize their benefit
packages.
 TYPES OF CAFETERIA PLANS
• Core-plus plans provide a set of mandatory benefits that are
usually designed to meet the basic needs of all employees. In
addition to legally-required benefits, medical insurance, long-
term disability insurance, and retirement benefits are often
included in the core. Optional benefits are offered to
employees who spend benefit credits to select other benefits
that best fit their needs.
• Modular plans usually package several different bundles of
benefits that offer increasingly extensive arrays of benefits.
The basic module might include only the legally-required
benefits, basic health insurance, and life insurance. A second
module might include everything in the basic module plus
additional benefits. A third module might include everything
in modules one and two and even more benefits. Employees
would choose the module that best fits their needs and life
situation.
 PROBLEMS WITH CAFETERIA PLANS

• Cafeteria plans are more complicated to administer

• Adverse selection problem