It is necessary to understand the process of how wages and salary are being given and allotted to each employees. The Human Resource Dept is the source to the take the responsibility of this task. Hence, it is important to understand how this works and how we are able to understand its function. I have included the Social Security topic here as it is a basic requirement of understanding how the process of acquiring a social security. It also includes the Social security in Indian context and it's laws governing social security schemes. etc
7. REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD INCENTIVE PLAN :
1.It should be easy to understand.
2.It must be fair.
3.It should be fixed on upper limits.
4.Incentives should be pay as soon as possible.
5.It should be cost effectives.
6.The rates of incentives should not be change frequently.
8. OBJECTIVES :
1.To establish a fair and equal compensation.
2.To attract competent and qualified people.
3.To retain the present employees.
4.To improve the morale of employees.
5.To improve the relation between employees and
employers.
6.To minimize chances of favourtisms.
10. Contents:
• What is Social security?
• Evolution of social security
• Scope of social security
• Social security in India
• Social security laws in India
11. What is social security?
• It represent basically a system of protection of individuals who are in
need of such protection by the State as an agent of the society.
• Social security means:
• The security of an income to take the place of earnings.
• To provide against loss of support by death of another person and to meet
exceptional expenditure.
12. Evolution of Social security
The term ‘Social Security’ originated in the USA in 1935, the social
security Act was passed there and the Social Security Board was
established to govern and administer the scheme of unemployment
sickness and old age insurance.
13. SCOPE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Social insurance:
Periodical contribution to a fund by the workers.
Social Assistance:
Non- contributory
Government aided
14. SCOPE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Public service:
Directly financed by
the Government.
20. The Workmen’s compensation Act, 1923
• Oblige employers to pay compensation to workers for accidents
• The amount of compensation depends upon the nature of injury and
the average wage of the worker
• Injuries have been divided into three categories
• Causing death.
• Total or partial permanent disablement.
• Temporary disablement.
21. The Employee’s State Insurance Act, 1948
• Provides medical facilities
• Amendments (a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of
legislation)
• It is compulsory and contributory
• Allocation of the Act:
• Employees Insurance Corporation.
• Members representing the inion and the states government, parliament,
employers’ and employees’ organizations.
22. The State provides 5 types of benefits
• Sickness benefit:
• Cash payment to the worker for 91 days per year.
• The daily rate of sickness benefit is calculated at half of average daily wage.
24. o Disablement Benefit (Unfit or incapable)
• Injuries arising out of and in the course of employment..
25. o Dependent benefit
(Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another)
• Insured upon the dependent of the worker
26. o Medical benefit
• Available to workers in need of medical attention due to health related
issues
27. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
• It applied to all factories, mines & plantations
• To provide for the payment of maturity benefit to women worker
28. The Employee’s Provident Fund Act, 1952
• Provide retirement fund in the form of Provident fund, family pension..
• This Act is applicable to any factory where 20 or more person are employed or as
directed.
• Not apply to new establishments for 3 years from the date of establishment.
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30. • Provident Fund Scheme
• Contributory fund
• It is deposited with The Provident Fund Commissioner @the
provident fund office
31. Employee’s Family Pension Scheme, 1971
• Pension is paid to the widow or children.
• New pension scheme guidelines.
32. • The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (a sum of money
paid to an employee at the end of a period of employment.)
• This Act is applicable to all factories, mines, oil fields, plantations, etc..
• Empowerment of the Act.
• Gratuity payability.
when they are interrupted by unemployment, sickness or accident to provide for the retirement through old age.
connected with birth, death or marriage
They make periodically contribution to a fund, provided with or without a subsidy from the government.
These contributions are inturn given to the employees necessary for satisfying them during their old age, sickness, unemployment and other contengencies in life.
Government provide the benefits for maintainance of their children, mother, the aged, the disabled and others like the unemployed.
1) From the general revenue in the form of cash payment
1- It was introduced in India only after independence.
2- It was partly due to the weaknesses of the trade unions
To take care of the social security needs. They had access to their own material assets like land.
Cultural traditions-family members and relatives have always a sense of responsibility towards one another
Urbanization- the process of making an area more urban
Migration- Moving from the rural to the urban areas
Demographic- statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education.
Social security is an important step towars the goal of a welfare state
Many states have introduced different assistance welfare measure and schemes
Pay compensation to the workers for accidents
To give worker the freedom from anxiety
Medical benefit in the form of medical attendance, treatment drug, and injections to the insured person and to his families also.
2) Amendment As per the latest amamndments the employees earning less than 21,000 pm are covered under this act
3) Compulsory in the sense that it has to be insured to every member and contributory in the sense that it is financed by the contribution of both the employee and the employer.
Workers suffering from long term diseases like TB, leprosy. Are entitled to extend sickness benefit at 62.5% of the average wage for a period of 309 days
In case of temporary disablement, full pay is pain in addition to the medical treatment.
In case of permanent total disablement, the insured worker is entitled for cash benefit for life.
In case if a person dies as a result of employment accidents
widow get it through out her life till remarriage
The sons get it up to the age of 18
The daughter gets it up to the age of 18 or marriage whichever is earlier.
1)The benfit is given to workers claiming sickness benefit, maternity benefit or disablement benefit.
2) It is also available to the family members of the worker
3) It consist of free medical treatment at hospitals disenssaries run by the corporation or at h,e of the sick
Maternity leave upto 12 weeks.
and is entitled to full salary/wage.
A compulsory, government-managed retirement savings scheme used in India It is run by a government for the benefit of its citizens. A provident fund is a form of social safety net into which workers must contribute a portion of their salaries and employers must contribute on behalf of their workers. The money in the fund is then paid out to retirees, or in some cases to the disabled who cannot work.
An employee can obtain advances and permanent withdrawals (after 15 years of service) for construction of house, higher education/ marriage of children, purchase of car etc.
On retirement, death, migration, leaving service, etc. the full balance at his credit with interest is payable
Under the new pension scheme all the eployees have to opt for pension scheme.
Person already employed can switch over from provident fund to pension scheme
1- or any other establishments in which 10 or more worker are employed. All persons employed in these establishments are entitled to receive gratuity irrespective of the amount of their wages
2- The Central Government is empowered under the Act to extend this Act to any establishments
3- Payable on retirement, death, disablement or termination provided the employee has rendered five years of service with the same employer.