LABOUR WELFARE OFFICER

EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT

1931Royal commission on labour received their

appointment in order to protect labour from evils of jobbery and indebtedness

Object of taking one for their own gainOwing something

REVEALS THREE THINGS

ELIMINATEDEVELOP AND IMPROVE LABOUR

ADMINISTRATIONSERVE AS A LIASON WITH THE STATE

LABOUR COMMISSION

FACTORIES ACT 1948 AND MINES ACT 1952

500 OR MORE –ONE LABOUR WELFARE OFFICER

EXCESS 2500-ADD ONE WELFARE OFFICER

FUNCTION /DUTIES OF LWO

1. SUPERVISION: • Safety, health and welfare programmes like housing, recreation and sanitation services, as provided under the law. • Working of joint committees; • Grant of leave with wages as provided; and • Redress of workers’ grievances

2. ADVICING MANAGERS IN THE MATTERS OF :

• Formulating welfare policies; • Apprenticeship training programs; • Complying with statutory obligations to workers • Developing fringe benefits; • Workers’ education

3. LIAISONING: 3.1. Liaison with workers so that they may - • Appreciate the need for harmonious industrial relations in the plant; • Resolve disputes, if any; • Understand the limitations under which they operate; and • Interpret company policies correctly.

3.2. Liaison with management so that they may: • appreciate the worker’s view point on various matters connected with the plant; • meet their obligations under the Act; • maintain harmonious industrial relations in the plant; • Suggest measures for the promotion of the general well-being of workers.

3.3. Liaison with inside factory agencies such as the factory inspector, medical officers, and other inspectors with a view to securing a proper enforcement of the various Acts as applicable to the plant;

4. COUNSELLING: The latest trend catching up in the corporate HR across the world is 'Employee Counselling at Workplace'. In the world of ever increasing complexity and the stress in the lives, especially the workplaces of the employees, employee counselling has emerged as the latest HR tool to attract and retain its best employees and also to increase the quality of the workforce.

II M.A HRM2015-17

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