A Study on Labour Welfare Measures on Health and Wealth Safety in Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd., Chennai

Abstract

Labour welfare is one of the major aspects of national programmes towards betterment of the majority of labour creating population. The term 'labour welfare' is very flexible as well as comprehensive. Labour welfare is a part of social welfare, conceptually and operationally. It covers a broad field and connotes astate of well-being happiness, satisfaction, conservation and development of human resources. The Government has inacted various rules and regulations for the betterment of the worker's life. The ideal of the welfare state has added new dimensions to the labour welfare philosophy. The changing scenario has thrown for labour new challenges to cope up in regard to technical skills and know-how etc. Labour is an important factor of production. It is different from other factors of production. All factors i.e. land, capital, material and machines are non-living things whereas, labour is a living human being. This makes all the differences. No production is possible without labour, at least one person would require to handle the switch and to start the machine for work in the age of cent percent mechanisation of automisation.