Workers’ perception towards statutory labour welfare benefits with special reference to engineering sector
Journal Title: Journal of Management Research and Analysis - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
In classical economics labour is one of the three factors of production along with capital and land The word welfare has historically been related to happiness and prosperity Labour welfare implies the adoption of measures to promote the physical social psychological and general wellbeing of the working population Welfare work in any industry aims or should aim at improving the working and living conditions of workers and their families Adequate levels of earnings safe and humane conditions of work and access to some minimum social security benefits are the major qualitative dimensions of employment which enhance quality of life of workers and their productivityConstitution of India national and internal labour bodies labour laws especially the factories act 1948 and contract labour Regulation and abolition Act 1970 strive to make the working conditions more humane with a view to make workers not only satisfied but also productive The paper studies the statutory welfare facilities and the provision of leaves as enumerated under Factories Act and contract labour act and social security provisions under different acts The study was conducted in engineering companies to know the perception of workers about the different dimensions of welfare ie statutory welfare measures social security measures and leaves provided and also to know the impact of workerrsquos status permanentcontractual on such measures The sample comprised of 97 workers employed with different engineering companies These companies can be categorised as light and heavy engineering companies employing varying strength of workers The results indicated that though significant workers were satisfied with the welfare facilities some workers perceive welfare facilities to be inadequate and there is impact of workerrsquos status on the perception of workersKeywords Labour Welfare Engineering Permanent worker Contractual worker
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Shreshth Chhabra, Sachin Mittal, Vivek S. Kushwah
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- EP ID EP514129
- DOI 10.18231/2394-2770.2018.0013
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