2. EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT
1931
Royal commission on labour received their
appointment in order to protect labour from evils of
jobbery and indebtedness
Object of taking one for their own gain
Owing something
3. REVEALS THREE THINGS
ELIMINATE
DEVELOP AND IMPROVE LABOUR
ADMINISTRATION
SERVE AS A LIASON WITH THE STATE
LABOUR COMMISSION
4. FACTORIES ACT 1948 AND MINES ACT 1952
500 OR MORE –ONE LABOUR WELFARE
OFFICER
EXCESS 2500-ADD ONE WELFARE OFFICER
5. 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
6. 2. ADVICING MANAGERS IN THE MATTERS OF :
• Formulating welfare policies; • Apprenticeship
training programs; • Complying with statutory
obligations to workers • Developing fringe benefits; •
Workers’ education
7. 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.
8. 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;
9. 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.
