EMPLOYEE WELFARE

“Labour welfare refers

to all those efforts of
employers ,trade
unions voluntary
organizations and
governmental agencies
which help employees
feel better and
perform better “
Introduction
 Employee welfare defines as
“efforts to make life worth
living for workmen”.
 Welfare means faring or
doing well
 It is a comprehensive term
refers to-
 Physical
 Mental ,
 Moral ,
 Emotional well being of an
indivisual
Need of Employee Welfare
• To win over employee’s loyalty and increase their
morale.
 To build up stable labour force, to reduce labour
turnover and absenteeism.
 To develop efficiency and productivity among workers.
 To save oneself from heavy taxes on surplus profits.
 To earn goodwill and enhance public image.
 To make recruitment more effective (because these
benefits add to job appeal).
Principal of employee welfare service

Following are generally

given as the principles
to be followed in
setting up a employee
welfare service:
 The service should
satisfy real needs of
the workers.
Contd….
 This means that the manager must first
determine what the employee’s real needs are
with the active participation of workers.
 There should be periodical assessment or
evaluation of the service and necessary timely on
the basis of feedback
 The employer should not assume a benevolent
posture
Approaches To Labour Welfare
Organization or employer introduce many welfare
services for their employees ,such as –
 safety services
 Safety training ,education and publicity
 Health services
 Skill development services (for personal
development)
 Insurance services
Etc,
Safety Service
Employers provide
their employees all
safety equipments to
working on machinery
• To prevent from
accident
• By compensation in
case of accidents
• Provide first aid and
medical
•
Safety Training ,Education and publicity
 Safety training is
concerned with developing
safety skills ,
 Safety is concerned with
increasing contest
programmes ,safety
campaigns ,suggestion
awards, and various
audiovisual aids
 Considered as different
forms of employee
education
Health services
 Related to employee ‘s
general health , both
physical and mental .
 removal or reduction of
health hazards to the
maximum extent
possible,
 pre-employment and
periodic medical
examination,
Personal skill development programme
 Some employers
promotes PSD
Programmes for
employees to develop
their skill ,which
increases their status
and also benefits to org
 It constitutes training
their employees
 Increase motivation
level