1. BY:Palak Sood

2. What is Morale ?
 Morale is defined as a group
phenomenon consisting of patterns of
attitudes of members of the group.
 It refers to spirit of organisation.
 It deals with attitude towards work for
accomplishment of organisational
goals.it represents a composite of
feelings ,attitudes & sentiments that
contribute to general feeling of
satisfaction.

3. Group
Phenomenon
Improved
Attitudes
Better
organizational
Climate
Better
Atmosphere
Good
Outputs

4. Identification of
need deficiency
Identification of
appropriate
strategy to close
the need gap
Promote goal
directed
behaviour
Measure
performance
Reward for
good
performance
Re-evaluate
needs

5.  Fair Remuneration
 Incentive System
 Congenial Working Environment
 Job Satisfaction
 Two-Way Communication
 Training
 Workers’ Participation
 Social Activities
 Counselling

6. Employees’ or Labour
or Workers welfare
include provisions of
various facilities and
amenities on and
around the work-place
for the better
life of the workers .

7.  Social Welfare connotes the welfare of
the entire society .
 Labour Welfare is a narrow concept
concerned with the welfare of workers.

8. 1
• To provide better life and health to the
workers
2
• To make the workers happy, satisfied and
efficient.
3
• To relieve workers from industrial fatigue and
to improve intellectual, cultural and material
conditions of living of the workers.

9. It includes various
facilities, services,
amenities for
improving health,
efficiency,
economic
betterment etc.
It assures regular
wages and
economic benefits
available to workers
due to legal
provisions
These are flexible
and ever-changing,
new can be added
time to time
These can be introduced by
employers ,government ,
employees or by any social or
charitable agency
It brings about the
development of whole
personality of the worker to
make him good worker and a
good citizen

10.  It provides better physical and mental health to
workers and make them happy
 This will help them to device attention towards their
work
 It helps to maintain peace with the employees’
union
 Employers get stable labour force due to provision
of welfare facilities
 Labour Welfare measures raise labour productivity
 Social Evils as gambling, drinking etc are reduced.

11. Central
Governme
nt
State
Government
Employers
Workers’
Organisation

12. • The central government has passed a number of
Acts for the upliftment of the workers
• It also administers the implementations of industrial
and labour laws
• The important Acts that incorporate measures for
welfare of workers are :Factories Act, Maternity
Benefits Act, Plantation Labour Act etc
• The government also provides housing ,medical
care, canteens, educational aid etc.

13. • The State Governments run health centers,
educational centers ,etc
• They also keep a vigilance on the employers
that they are operating the welfare schemes
made obligatory by Central government or
State Government
• They are empowered to appoint approprite
authorities for the enforcement of welfare
provisions

14. • Many employers provide voluntarily welfare
facilities including residential accomodation,
medical, transport facilities, reading rooms,
scholarships to children of workers, patronise
teams etc
Trade Unions & Charitable Org.
• These are used to raise the welfare of workers
,some of these provide sports and educational
facilities
• Some of these include :Textile Labour
Assocition,Ahmedabad

15. Economic
• It provides
additional
economic
security :
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Credit
Facilities
Recreational
• In order to
provide
occasional
diversions:
• Indoor Games
• Outdoor
games(big
organisations)
Facilitative
• These include:
• Canteen,rest
room,lunch
room
• Housing
•Medical
•Washing
• Educational
• Leave travel
concessions

16.  Section 42-49 of the Factories Act,1948
contain specific provisions relating to
welfare of labour in factories
 Section 42-45 apply to all factories
irrespective of the number of workers
employed
 Section 46-49 are applicable to factories
employing more than a specified
number of workers .

17. 1) Washing Facility
Sec 42
2) Facilities for
Storing & Drying
Clothing Sec 43
3) Facilities for
Sitting
Sec 44
4) First Aid
Appliances
Sec 45
5) Canteens
Sec 46
6) Shelters, Rest Rooms
& Lunch Rooms
Sec47
7) Creches
Sec48
8) Welfare
Officers
Sec 49

18. In every factory following facilities be
available:
a) Adequate & suitable facilities for
washing be provided
b) Separate & adequately screened
facilities for male & female workers
c) Such facilities be conveniently
accessible & kept clean

19.  The State Government provides facility
for suitable places for keeping clothes
not worn during working hours & for
drying of wet clothes.
 In every factory, arrangements for sitting
shall be provided & maintained for all
workers obliged to work in standing position
for resting.

20.  First Aid Boxes or Cupboards equipped
with prescribed contents and
maintained & shall not be less than 1 for
every 150 workers at one time working in
the organization.
 If more than 500 workers there an
ambulance room must be provided with
medical & nursing staff readily available
all the time during working hours of the
factory.

21.  The State government makes rules concerning
canteens in factory with more than 250 workers at
a time that include:
a) Date by which such canteen be opened.
b) Standards w.r.t Construction,accomodation,
furniture & other equipments of canteen.
c) Food Stuffs to be served & charges
d) Constitution of Managing Committee for
Canteen
e) Items of expenditure in running of canteen
which are not to be taken into account in fixing
the cost of food stuff & which shall be borne by
employer.

22.  If >150 workers then adequate shelters,
rest rooms & lunch rooms must be
provided with provision of drinking water.
 If >30 women workers are ordinarily employed there
shall be provisions for rooms for use of children under
age of 6 years, this room shall be under the charge of
well trained women taking care of infants and
children.

23.  If number of workers >500 then occupier
shall employ in the factory such number
of welfare officers as may be prescribed.
 The State Government may prescribe
the duties , qualifications & conditions of
these officers.

24. How can you justify the
fact that helping
labourers through Labour
Welfare would in turn
help the organisations’
growth?