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    Chapter 15

    Employee Welfare

    Objectives
    After studying this chapter & listening to the lecture successfully the student will be able to:

    (i) Define what welfare means.


    (ii) Understand the significance of employee welfare.
    (iii) Understand the principles of employee welfare.
    (iv) Understand the classification of employee welfare work.
    (v) Identify employee welfare activities.

    Introduction
    The term “welfare” suggests many ideas, meanings and connotations, such as the state of well
    being, health, happiness, prosperity and the development of human resources. The concept of
    welfare can be approached from various angles. Welfare has been described as a total concept. It
    is a desirable state of existence involving physical, mental, moral and emotional well- being. All
    these four elements together constitute the structure of welfare on which its totality is based.

    Welfare is called a relative concept for it is related to time and space. Changes in it have an
    impact on the system of welfare as well. As welfare is growing and dynamic, the welfare potential
    changes, as a result of which its content keeps on varying and has to keep pace with the changing
    times. Also, the characteristics of welfare vary for it depends largely on the conscience of the
    community, the scientific advancement and the development of a nation in all fields. Its meaning
    and components, therefore, differ from country to country, place to place and organisation to
    organisation.
    Welfare is also a positive concept. In order to establish a minimum level of welfare, it demands
    certain minimum acceptable conditions of existence, biologically and socially. The positive nature
    calls for the setting up of the minimum desirable standard necessary for certain components of
    welfare, such as health, food, clothing, housing, medical assistance, insurance, education,
    recreation so on.

    Definition of Employee Welfare

    Labour welfare has been defined in various ways. There is no single definition that has been used
    universally.

    The Oxford Dictionary defines labour welfare as “efforts to make life worth living for worker”.

    Another definition implies that welfare is fundamentally an attitude of mind on the part of
    management, influencing the method by which management activities are undertaken. The
    emphasis obviously is on the “attitude of mind”. Trevor Bolton - An Introduction to HRM.

    In the Encyclopedia of social sciences, welfare is define as “ the voluntary efforts of the
    employers to establish, within the existing industrial system, working and sometimes living and
    cultural conditions of the employees beyond what is required by the law, the customs of the
    industry a and the conditions of the market”.

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    So, the term welfare refers to all the facilities and comforts given by the employer to employees
    apart from wages, salaries and incentives.

    Significance of Employee Welfare

    Employee welfare is important not only for the employees and but it is also for the employer’s
    own interest.

    1. The welfare work has beneficial effects for the employees. It influences the
    sentiment of the workers and helps to maintain industrial peace. When the
    employee feels that the employer and the government are interested in his / her
    day- today life he/ she feels happy about it and likely stop grousing and
    grumbling about the working conditions.

    2. Better housing facilities, co-operative societies, canteens, sickness and maternity


    benefits, educational facilities, free or cheap rate cinema shows will assist to
    create a sense of happy feeling among the employees and help them to work
    harder for the organization. Therefore the question of labour strikes at the
    organisation may not arise.

    3. Welfare work is increasingly recognised as an intergral part of industrial


    administration. Therefore, it brings about a real change of heart and a change of
    out look on the part of both employers and employees.

    4. It helps to improve the mental and moral health of the workers by minimising
    the incidents of social evil of industrialization. Working in a bad environment
    pushes the worker in to vices like drinking , gambling and prostitution.
    Healthy surroundings created by welfare work are likely to act as a deterring
    force against such vices.

    5. Labour - turnover and absenteeism may decline. As welfare work improves


    conditions of work and life of the employees. The worker becomes happy and
    contented with his / her work. This will reduce his/ her desire to take leave
    unnecessarily and tend to reduce
    absenteeism in the organisation.

    6. Organizational welfare helps to improve good will and reputation of the


    organization.

    Principles of Welfare Administration

    There are several principles to be followed to perform the HRM function of employee welfare
    administration. They are as follows:

    1.Satisfaction of Real Needs


    Any welfare service should satisfy real needs of the employees, at least majority of the
    employees.

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    2.Cost Benefit Analysis
    It is important to do a cost / benefit analysis before starting a welfare programme. If the
    programme has more benefits compared with direct and indirect costs it is appropriate
    to implement.

    3.Participation
    When formulating a welfare programme it is better to get participation of relevant
    workers and / or trade union officials.

    4.Welfare Financing
    Adequate provisions for financing the programme are to be established.

    5.Permission for Criticism


    Employees should be allowed to criticise any welfare programme.

    6.Welfare is for Welfare


    A welfare programme must not be started with the intention of earning profits or saving
    money.

    7.Impartiality
    Administration of any welfare programme is to be based on honesty and non-cordiality.
    With the intention of helping associates only the administration should not be done.

    8. The management should not try to offer welfare services to the more deserving
    than to those needing. If done so, the management will earn more ill – will rather than
    good - will in welfare administration.

    Classification of Employee Welfare Work

    Employee welfare work can be classified in to 3 different categories.


    1. Statutory
    2. Voluntary
    3. Mutual
    1. Statutory
    Statutory welfare is implemented on the coercive power of the government. The government
    enacts laws for the provision of employee welfare in order to enforce minimum standards of
    safety, health and welfare of the employees. Employees have to observe the rules related to
    working conditions, hours of work, hygiene, safety, light, ventilation, sanitation etc. Every
    country is increasing its statutory control over employee welfare. There are two main labour laws
    found in Sri Lanka.

    1. Factory Ordinance No 45 of 1942 (Please read with the amendments)


    2. Indian Labour Act

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    2.Voluntary

    This includes all activities which employers undertake for their employees on a voluntary basis.
    There are some social organisations which undertake voluntary welfare work.
    E.g., YMBA, YMCA

    3. Mutual
    Mutual welfare work is also undertaken by the workers themselves. Some trade unions undertake the workers
    welfare activities.

    Employee Welfare Activities

    (I) Medical Facilities


    (II) Canteen Facilities
    (III)Housing Facilities
    (IV)Transport Facilities
    (V) Sports and Recreational Facilities
    (VI)Advances and Easy Loan Facilities
    (VII)Death / Funeral Facilities
    (VIII)Thrift Facilities
    (IX)Education Facilities
    (X)Legal Aids
    (XI)Other Facilities

    Activity 15.1 -“Making effort on employee welfare by an organisation is useless because the
    government and the organizations are making efforts on public welfare” Do you agree or not
    with this statement? Give reasons.

    Self- Assignment 15.1

    Select any organization and discuss with the general manager or HR manager with regard
    to the following:

    (a) Who performs the employee welfare administration?


    (b) Significance of employee welfare.
    (c) The prevailing employee welfare activities.
    (d) Current problems of employee welfare administration.
    (e) Actions which have been taken to solve the welfare administration problems.

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