Employees’ welfare means, “the efforts to make life worth living for workmen.”
Labour welfare includes provisions of various facilities and amenities in and around the work-place for the better life of the workers. Labour welfare facilities include medical, sports, education, culture and other facilities. In India, some welfare facilities are compulsory as per labour laws. While others are purely voluntary in character.
The modern concept of labour welfare entails all those activities of the employers which are directed towards providing the employees with certain facilities and services in addition to wages or salaries. The logic behind providing welfare facilities is to create efficient, healthy, loyal and satisfied labour force for the organisation. The other equally important purpose is to raise their productivity.
Types of welfare services :
1) Economic Services-
These provide some additional economic security over and above wages or salaries, such as pension, life assurance, credit facilities etc. The employer may advance them the money which is paid back by the employees in the form of monthly installments to be deducted from their salaries.
2) Recreational Services- The employees are in need of occasional diversion. Their attitude improves when the routine of everyday living is broken occasionally. The management may provide for indoor games like Table Tennis in the common room for employees. In case of big organisations, management may also arrange for playgrounds for outdoor games and induce the workers to prepare a team to play matches with other similar teams. Co-operation and understanding among the employees will increase.
3) Facilitative Services-
* Canteen, rest rooms and lunch room.
* Housing facilities.
* Transportation facilities.
* Medical facilities.
* Educational facilities.
* Leave travel concessions.
To conclude this, I would like to say that these are not a form of employers’ goodwill or charity to the workers, but are facilitative services to build and maintain the morale of the workers to achieve the objectives of the organisation. Though welfare services are merely maintenance factors and not motivators, yet they are necessary for the health of the organisation since they bear close connection with the productivity of the employees.
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when employees will have a sense of belongingness towards the company.. growth will happen. For that its important to make them happy
Yes indeed mam.:)
You said right! afterall the work and dedication of employees sums up the growth of company..
Good job!!
Thanks stephy !
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Employees welfare makes workers more loyal, dedicative towards the company , that leads to no poaching .
nicely done
Yes..true !
Thanks
Just like economic welfare leads to human development, employee welfare leads to progress of organization.
nice
Very well written
All work and no play makes the company a dull place to work….Where there is money, there is power….Where there is health, there is productivity….so true….
Truely said nuruddin !
Nicely explained:);)
Well written
well framed !!
Employee welfare will motivate the employee to improve themselves..!
Yes ,true padmaa..and this employee welfare will be beneficial for organisation too .
During a startup, this article will play an important role.
Good one shikha.
This at the end…..raise the productivity level of an organisation too
every organisation must think about employees welfare as they are the biggest assets of any organisation !
liked it !
It is the prime duty of every organization to think about its employee’s welfare.