A human being can only progress through the way of labour. That labour is the right way in which labour has to work and receive his labour indefinitely. Money plays on the important roles of day- to- day life of labour. So people are complication to go to the work for the different types of company. At the same time What are the safety measures and labour welfare measures to provide the company as a Indian labour law. This study deal with the labour welfare and safety measures to provides labour in the private company in karur.
As well as workers entirely depends upon proper performance of labour welfare activities. The expenditure on labour welfare is a profitable investment in the long run as it motivates the workers Labour welfare relates to taking care of the well-being of workers by employers, trade unions, governmental and non-governmental institutions and agencies. Welfare includes anything that is done for the comfort and improvement of employees and is provided over and above the wages. Welfare helps in keeping the morale and motivation of the employees high so as to retain the employees for longer duration.
Employee welfare includes monitoring of working conditions, creation of industrial harmony through infrastructure for health, industrial relations and insurance against disease, accident and unemployment for the workers and their families. Oxford dictionary- “Labour welfare is efforts to make life worth living for workmen.” The need for providing such services and facilities arise from the social responsibility of industries, a desire for upholding democratic values and a concern for employees. Welfare includes anything that is done for the comfort and improvement of employees and is provided over and above the wages.
According to ILO, labour welfare can be defined as a term, which is understood to include such services, facilities, and amenities as may be established in or in the vicinity of undertakings to enablethepersonsemployedinthemtoperformtheirworkinhealthy,congenial surroundings and to provide them with amenities conducive to good health and high morale.
Pardesi PC and Bairagi KP (2017) it is concludes that “Labour Welfare is one of the main aspects of National programme. The prosperity of business for higher productivity. It provides better life and health to the workers. Labour welfare activities help to relieve the workers from industrial fatigue and to improve intellectual, cultural and material conditions of living of the workers”.
Dr. R.Prema (2018) it reveals that “labour welfare motivate the employees its need to be emphasized . Motivation is the result of process, internal or external to the individual, who arouses enthusiasm and persistence to pursue a certain course of action”.
Balaji (2019) explored the influence of rewards & welfare on job satisfaction & productivity of both public & private sector employees in measure Industrial cities of Tamilnadu. The working environment was faire in terms of office accommodation & furniture, working material, health & safety facilities but on the other side he recommended salary increment, allowances, bonus, fringe benefit &compensation on regular & specific periods to keep their moral high & make them productive.
Tripathi shiv kishore and lawrance swapan kumar (2019) revealed that there complete absence of welfare measures in Gorakhpur fertilizer factory. There is general awareness about staff welfare among employees. Staffs were totally neglected by council. The working environment was poor or path. He informs of office accommodation & furniture working materials, monetary incentives & unreliable health of safety facilities etc. Job satisfaction among employees are very low which leads to poor productivity or performance suggested that significant efforts should be made to improve employee job capability through training, improve working condition & general welfare , which leads to increase productivity or enhanced moral & performance.
Statement of the Problem
Employees working in a company face various hardships. Company is forced to work together as a group of members of the public. An employee on leave in this group increases the workload for those who work in this way. Thus workers face various problems.
Limitation of the study
It comprises data source, sample size and sampling techniques and tools of analysis. The data collected through primary and secondary data collected. The primary data collected through questionnaire, the secondary data collected journal, thesis, reports etc...There are using sampling method of convenient sampling to be used. The statistical analysis used for correlation.
Objectives of this study
The objectives of this paper are to study labour welfare for private institution in karur city.
Profile of the respondents
The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency and the mean. Some of the demographics of respondents include the following: 73.5% of the respondents are male employees and 26.5% respondents for female employees, majority of the 73.5% respondents are male.
From the table 1 indicate the majority of age respondents are 35% are 31– 40 year,31% of the respondent for 21 – 30 years,18% of the respondents are 41 – 50year and 10% of the respondents are 20 year.
Table: 1: Demographicprofile
|
Profile of the respondent |
Particulars |
No. of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
Sex |
Male |
147 |
73.5 |
|
Female |
53 |
26.5 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
100.0 |
|
|
Age |
Below20year |
20 |
10.0 |
|
21-30year |
62 |
31.0 |
|
|
31-40year |
70 |
35.0 |
|
|
41-50year |
36 |
18.0 |
|
|
Above50 |
12 |
06.0 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
100.0 |
|
|
Marital status |
Yes |
167 |
83.5 |
|
No |
33 |
16.5 |
|
|
Education |
Secondary School |
67 |
33.5 |
|
Diploma/Graduate |
84 |
42.0 |
|
|
Post graduate |
26 |
13.0 |
|
|
others |
23 |
11.5 |
|
|
|
Total |
200 |
100.0 |
|
Working Experience |
1-3 |
74 |
37.0 |
|
3-5 |
47 |
23.5 |
|
|
5-7 |
55 |
27.5 |
|
|
Above7 |
26 |
13.0 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
100.0 |
|
|
Monthly income |
5000 – 10000 |
15 |
07.5 |
|
10001 -15000 |
104 |
52.0 |
|
|
15001 -20000 |
68 |
34.0 |
|
|
Above 20000 |
13 |
06.5 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
100.0 |
The majority of the marital status respondents are 73.5% for Yes and 23.5 of the respondents are saying for No. This table indicate the educational qualification for labour welfare respondents, majority of the respondents are qualified graduate on 42%.
The majority of the respondents 37% are 1-3 years for experience 27.5% respondents experience for 5 - 7 years, 23% respondents are 3-5 years and Majority of the 52% respondents are yearned income 10001-15000.
Table:2Rankthe following facility that benefits you the most Labour welfare facilities
|
Facilities |
Rank1 |
Rank2 |
Rank3 |
Rank4 |
Rank5 |
Total |
|
Medical |
V |
I |
II |
IV |
III |
II |
|
13 |
82 |
45 |
28 |
32 |
200 |
|
|
6.5 % |
41 % |
22.5% |
14% |
16% |
100% |
|
|
Housing |
V |
IV |
III |
II |
I |
V |
|
4 |
6 |
10 |
68 |
112 |
200 |
|
|
2% |
3% |
5% |
34% |
56% |
100% |
|
|
Travelling |
I |
II |
V |
III |
IV |
I |
|
83 |
62 |
12 |
25 |
18 |
200 |
|
|
41.5 |
31% |
6% |
12.5% |
9% |
100% |
|
|
Recreation |
V |
IV |
III |
II |
I |
V |
|
10 |
20 |
28 |
40 |
102 |
200 |
|
|
5% |
10% |
14% |
20% |
51% |
100% |
|
|
Education for child |
IV |
V |
III |
II |
I |
V |
|
05 |
02 |
11 |
64 |
118 |
200 |
|
|
2.5% |
1% |
5.5% |
32% |
59% |
100% |
|
|
Compensation |
V |
IV |
II |
I |
III |
IV |
|
29 |
31 |
46 |
49 |
45 |
200 |
|
|
14.5% |
15.5% |
23% |
24.5 |
22.5% |
100% |
Source: Primary data
From the above Table 2 indicate Medical facilities is majority of respondents orderwiserank1 is 41% representative rank 2 is 22.5%, rank 3 is 16%, rank4 is 14% and remaining rank 5 is 6.5%.
Data Analysis and Interpretation
To identify the important factors that enhanced labour welfare promotion policy satisfaction, Chi – Square Test was conducted. The following table shows the significant factors that are considered important by the employees. As the calculated P value is less than 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected. As the calculated P value is greater than 0.05, the null hypothesis is accepted.
TableNo.3Observed values
Null Hypothesis: There is no relation between the age and level of satisfaction.
AlternativeHypothesis: Thereissignificantrelationbetweentheageandlevelofsatisfaction Significant Level () = 0.05
|
Age |
Promotion Policy |
Total |
||
|
Dissatisfied |
Moderate |
Satisfied |
||
|
Below20 year |
08 |
07 |
05 |
20 |
|
40% |
35% |
25% |
100% |
|
|
21-30year |
10 |
21 |
31 |
62 |
|
16% |
34% |
50% |
100% |
|
|
31-40year |
09 |
13 |
48 |
70 |
|
13% |
19% |
68% |
100% |
|
|
41-50 year |
06 |
20 |
10 |
36 |
|
16% |
56% |
28% |
100% |
|
|
Above 50 |
02 |
04 |
06 |
12 |
|
17 |
33 |
50% |
100% |
|
|
Total |
35 |
65 |
100 |
200 |
Table of expected values
In the labour system a worker is subjected to various problems. No company carries any of the benefits that the government claims to give to workers. Workers are most affected by this .The study concludes that an organization helps workers in many ways. But it does not go well with leather. The company can also provide facilities for only a few workers. But shutting down does not cause workers either.