Labour welfare schemes

1. Labour Welfare Schemes
Presented By Ramkrishna Rajput

2. Organizations provide welfare facilities to their employees to keep
their motivation levels high. The labour welfare schemes can be
classified into two categories viz. statutory and non-statutory
welfare schemes. The statutory schemes are those schemes that
are compulsory to provide by an organization as compliance to the
laws governing employee health and safety. These include
provisions provided in industrial acts like Factories Act 1948, Dock
Workers Act (safety, health and welfare) 1986, Mines Act 1962.The
non statutory schemes differ from organization to organization
and from industry to industry
Statutory Welfare measure :-
2.2.1. Factories Act, 1948
2.2.2. Plantations Act, 1951
2.2.3. Mines Act 1952
2.2.4. Motor transport Workers Act, 1961
2.2.5 The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
2.2.6 The Merchant Shipping Act 1958

3. Factories Act, 1948 :-
Washing facilities (Sec 42)
Adequate and suitable facilities for washing for the use of workers
in the factories.
b) Such facilities being easily available, and being kept clean.
Facilities for storing and drying clothes (Sec 43)
A suitable place for keeping clothes not damaged during working
hours shall be provided in every factory. Facilities shall also be for
the drying of wet clothes
Facilities for sitting (Sec 44)
For workers who are to work in a standing position, suitable
arrangement for sitting shall be provided in the factories. This is to
enable workers to take advantage of any opportunity for rest
which may occur in the course of their work.

4. First – aid appliances (Sec 45)
First-aid boxes or cupboards equipped with the required contents
should be provided for workers in every factory. This should be readily
available to them during all working hours. The number of such first
aid boxes shall not be less than one for every 150 workers employed in
the factory. Such first-aid box shall be kept in the charge of a
responsible person who is trained in first-aid treatment and who shall
be available during the working hours of the factory. In factories
employing more than 500 workers, there shall be an ambulance room
Canteen (Sec 46):-
In factories employing more than 250 workers, there shall be a Canteen
for the use of workers.
Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms (Sec 47):-
n every factory where more than 150 workers, organization should
make adequate and suitable arrangement for shelters or rest rooms
and lunch rooms with provision of drinking water where the workers
can take rest or eat meals brought by them.

5. Crèche facilities (Sec 48) :-
In every factory, where more than 50 women workers are employed,
provision shall be made for suitable and adequate room for the use
of children under the age of six years of such women. Such a room
shall be adequately lighted and ventilated
Welfare officer (Sec 49):-
The factories Act also provides for employment of welfare officers
with given qualification. Such a provision exists in every factory
employing more than 500 workers.
Plantation Act, 1951
Canteen (Sec 11):-
Provision of canteen in all plantations employing 150 or more
workers is a statutory (legal) obligation under section 11 of the
plantations labor act.
Crèche (sec 12) :-
In every plantation 50 or more women workers are employed, there
shall be provided and maintained by the employer suitable rooms for
the use of children of such women who are the below the age of 6
years

6. Recreation Facilities (Sec 13)
The state government may make rules requiring every employer to make
provision in his plantation for such recreational facilities for the
workers and children employed therein as may be prescribed
Educational Facilities (Sec 14):-
Where the children between the ages of 6 and 12 of workers employed
in any plantation exceed 25 in number, the state government may make
rules requiring every employer to provide educational facilities for the
children in such manner and of such standard as may be prescribed
Residential Accommodation (Sec 15):-
It shall be the duty of the employer to provide necessary housing
accommodation, for every worker who has put in 6 months continuous
service
Medical facilities (Sec-16 ):-
Medical aid to workers and their families to be provided with sickness
and maternity allowance

7. Other facilities (Sec 17) :-
The state government may make rules requiring that in every
plantation the employer shall provide the workers with such number
and type of umbrellas, blankets, rain coats etc.
Welfare office (sec 18) :-
In every plantation, wherein 300 or more workers employed, the
employer shall employee such number of welfare officers as may be
prescribed
Mines Act 1952
Drinking Water (sec 19):-
In ever mine shall be maintaining drinking water with marked “drinking
water “in a language understood by a majority of the persons in the
mine.
Conservancy (Sec 20):-
There shall be provided, separately for male and females in every mine,
a sufficient number of restrooms.

8. Medical Appliance (Sec 21):-
According to mines act, first aid boxes and medical appliances on the
same lines as that of the factories act.
Provision of shelters:- .
Rule 62 of the mines rules, 1955 laid down that in every mine where
more than 50 persons are ordinarily employed, adequate and suitable
shelters, workshops etc, are to be provided for taking food and rest
Provision of canteens:-
Rule 64 of the mines rules, 1955 provides that in every mine wherein
more than 250 persons are ordinarily employed and where the chief
inspector so requires, a canteen must be provided with in the area of
the mine, for the use of all persons employed.
Crèches: -
The mines crèche rules 1959 provide for the maintenance of crèche in
mines. Owner, agent or manager of every mine where in 50 women are
employed preceding 12 months, are required to construct a crèches as
planned by authority

9. Welfare officer: -
According to the rule 72 of the mines rules, 1955. For every mine
employees consists of 500 or more , the owner shall be appoint
suitable, qualified as welfare officer.
Motor transport act, 1961
Canteen (Sec 8):-
Provision of canteen in all motor transport employing 100 or more
workers is a statutory obligation under section 8 of the Motor transport
act,1961
Rest room (sec 9):-
Clean ventilation, well lighted and comfortable rest rooms at every
place where motor transport worker are required to halt at night.
Uniforms (Sec 10) :-
The employers has to provide uniforms and raincoats for drivers and
conductors and there shall be paid an allowance for washing the
uniforms

10. Medical facilities (Sec 11):-
Medical facilities such as operating centers and halting stations as
may be prescribed by the state government.
First – Aid Facilities (Sec 12) :-
There shall be maintained by the employer during all working hours a
first aid box equipped with every transport vehicle
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
This Act provides that the following amenities shall be made available
by contractors for their employees: Canteen, if employing 100 or more
workers. Rest rooms or other suitable alternative accommodation
where contract labour is required to halt at night in connection with
work of the establishment. Washing facilities. First-aid box equipped
with the prescribed contents.

11. The Merchant Shipping Act 1958:
Provisions in the act relating to health and welfare cover:
1. Crew accommodation
2. Supply of sufficient drinking water
3. Supply of medicines, medical stores, and provision of surgical and
medical advice
4. Maintenance of proper weights and measures on board, and grant of
relief to distress seamen abroad a ship.
5. Every foreign going ship carrying more than the prescribed number of
persons, including the crew, is required to have on board, as part of
her complement, a qualified medical officer
6. Appointment of Seamen’s Welfare Officer at such ports in or outside
India as the Government may consider necessary.
7. Establishment of Hostels, Clubs, Canteens, and Libraries.
8. Provision of medical treatment and hospital
9. Provision of educational facilities

12. Non Statutory Schemes:-
Many non statutory welfare schemes may include the following
schemes:26
1. Personal Health Care:
Some of the companies provide the facility for extensive health check-up
2. Flexi-time:
The main objective of the flextime policy is to provide opportunity to
employees to work with flexible working schedules. Flexible work
schedules are initiated by employees and approved by management to
meet business commitments while supporting employee personal life
needs.
3. Employee Assistance Programs:
Various assistant programs are arranged like external counseling
service so that employees or members of their immediate family can
get counseling on various matters.

13. 4. Harassment Policy:
To protect an employee from harassments of any kind, guidelines are
provided for proper action and also for protecting the aggrieved
employee.
5. Maternity & Adoption Leave
Employees can avail maternity or adoption leaves. Paternity leave
policies have also been introduced by various companies
6. Medi-claim Insurance Scheme:
• This insurance scheme provides adequate insurance coverage of
employees for expenses related to hospitalization due to illness,
disease or injury or pregnancy.
7. Employee Referral Scheme:
In several companies employee referral scheme is implemented to
encourage employees to refer friends and relatives for employment in
the organization.

14. 8. Housing :-
Housing is an integral part of worker's welfare Recommendation 1 15
of the 1LO states that housing should be a matter of national policy.
Both the industrial Commission (1918) and the Royal Commission
(1913) realized the importance and necessity of improving housing
conditions of industrial workers and made recommendations for the
purpose.
9. Transport facilities :-
Transport facilities to and from the place of work are given to workers
as one of the desirable welfare amenities. This facility is gaining in
popularity because of growing urbanization, location of industries,
transport loads and trat5c congestion. The main purpose of this
amenity is to enable workers reach their place of work without undue
delay or fatigueies to and from the place of work are given to workers
as one of the desirable welfare amenities. This facility is gaining in
popularity because of growing urbanization, location of industries,
transport loads and trat5c congestion. The main purpose of this
amenity is to enable workers reach their place of work without undue
delay or fatigue.

15. 10. Recreation and Cultural Facilities
Recreation is a leisure time activity which is a healthy diversion and a
spare-time occupation. It refreshes an individual mentally, lessens the
monotony and drudgery of his every day work, and develops his
personality on a wholesome basis.
11. Education Facilities
Education facilities form another important welfare programme for
industrial workers. Education would improve the quality of the labour
force, for it would provide opportunities for a proper training for the
acquisition of skills and techniques which are essential for workers in
an industry and which will enable them to adjust themselves to their
particular way of life, and to enable them to acquire broader values of
life, personally, industrially and socially
12. Co-operative and Saving Facilities
In the context of spiraling prices and the rising cost of living, the
importance of fair price shops and supply schemes cannot be over-
emphasized. Though these supply schemes and shops can be
operated by the employer himself, it 1s the co-operative method which
has been found to be desirable and has been recommended again and
again by various committees and conventions. The co-operative credit
societies also help the worker to save for unforeseen domestic crises.

16. 13. Personal Counselling
By means of this service workers are able to receive advice and
counsel on some of the personnel and sometimes also on personal
problems inside and outside their place of work. A trained social
worker is usually appointed for this purpose. Counseling helps a
worker to overcome his anxiety and troubles.
Other Extramural Welfare Facilities
1.Child welfare,
2. Leave travel facilities,
3. Interest free loans,
4. Workers cooperative stores,
5. Vocational guidance etc.

17. List of Non-Statutory Welfare :-
1) Co-operative Credit society
2) Co-operative consumers store
3) Library, news paper , magazines
4) Recreational actives
5) Culture programs
6) Sports fun fair
7) Diwali Sweet , Diwali Gift
8) Birthday gift
9) Napkins soap
10)Employee engagement activities
11) Religion festivals and national day celebrate
12) Vocation workshop for employee childern
13) Scholarship above 90%
14) Career counseling to employee children
15) Mobile phone, laptop , computers facilities to key employees.
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18. List of Non-Statutory Welfare :-
1) Co-operative Credit society
2) Co-operative consumers store
3) Library, news paper , magazines
4) Recreational actives
5) Culture programs
6) Sports fun fair
7) Diwali Sweet , Diwali Gift
8) Birthday gift
9) Napkins soap
10)Employee engagement activities
11) Religion festivals and national day celebrate
12) Vocation workshop for employee childern
13) Scholarship above 90%
14) Career counseling to employee children
15) Mobile phone, laptop , computers facilities to key employees.
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