STUDY ON THE WELFARE MEASURES IN BHARAT HEAVEY ELECTRICALS LIMITED BHEL TIRUCHIRAPPALLI J Livingston Philip
... Welfare is a broad concept, referring to a condition of living of an individual or group, in a desirable and happy state of relationship with the world environment – ecological, economical and social. Ecological welfare means environmental friendly existence, ecological balance, pollution from existence, and proper sanitation. Social welfare is the prevention of discrimination based on cast, creed, sex, establishment of equity and fairness, ensuring safety health and social security. The object of economic welfare means increasing individual earning and at the same time promote economic development of society by increasing production, productivity and quality of product and services. The ‘total concept’ of welfare is the achievement of desirable state of existence involving physical, mental, moral and emotional well-being.The Oxford dictionary defines labour welfare as “efforts to make life worth living for workmen”.James Tohdd (1985) defines welfare work, as “any thing done for the comfort and improvement, intellectual and social, of the employees over and above the wages paid which is not a necessity of the industry”. Welfare work “covers all the effects which employers make for the benefits of working condition fixed by the Factories Act and over and above the provisions of the social legislations providing against accidents , old age and sickness”.