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Unit 1: Labour Welfare and Concept

2. He acts a counselor in personal matters and problems of adjustment, rights and privileges. Notes

3. He assists the management in formulating labour and welfare policies, development of
fringe benefits, conducting workers education and training programmes, etc.
4. He helps different departmental heads to meet their obligations under the various acts.

5. He is the liaison between the establishments and outside agencies such as factory inspectors
and medical officers.
6. He helps in the enforcement of the various acts.

7. He helps the workers to make better use of the community services.
1.11.3 Functions and Duties of Labour Welfare Officer

Some functions and duties prescribe under Factory Act, 1948 for the welfare officer are:
1. To establish contracts and hold consultations in order to maintain harmonious relations
between the factory management and workers.
2. To bring to the notice of the factory management the grievances of workers, individual as
well as collective, to securing their expeditious redress.

3. To Act as liaison officer between the management and labour.
4. To study and understand the labour view point so as to help the factory management to
shape and formulate the labour policies.

5. To interpret the policies to the workers in a language they can understand so as to bring
about the implications of the same to them.
6. To secure welfare provisions among workers and management by providing the basic
welfare amenities at the workplace.
7. To watch industrial relations to have influence in the event of dispute between the
management and workers and to bring about a settlement by persuasive effort.

8. To advise on fulfillment by the management and the concerned departments of the factory
of obligations, statutory or otherwise, concerning regulation of working hours, maternity
benefit, medical care, compensation for injuries and sickness and other welfare and social
benefit measures.

9. To advise and assist the management in the fulfillment of its obligations, statutory and
concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintaining a safe working environment.
10. To promote relations between the concerned departments of the factory and workers
which will bring about productive efficiency and to help workers to adjust and adopt
themselves to their working environment.
11. To encourage the formation of works and joint production Committees, Co-operative
Societies and Welfare Committees and to supervise their work.
12. To encourage provision of amenities such as canteens, shelters for rest, crèches, adequate
latrine facilities, drinking water, sickness and benevolent scheme payments, pension and
superannuation funds, gratuity payments, granting of loans and legal advice to workers.

13. To help the factory management in regulating the grant of leave with wages and explain
to the workers the pulsing relating to leave with wages and other leave privileges and to
guide the workers in the matter of submission of application for grant of leave.

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