Which of the following are objectives of labour welfare? (a) To provide better life and health to the workers. (b) To make the workers happy and satisfied. (c) To relieve workers from industrial fatigue. (d) To improve intellectual, cultural, and material conditions of living of the workers.

Which of the following are objectives of labour welfare? (a) To provide better life and health to the workers. (b) To make the workers happy and satisfied. (c) To relieve workers from industrial fatigue. (d) To improve intellectual, cultural, and material conditions of living of the workers. Correct Answer (a), (b), (c) and (d)

The correct answer is (a), (b), (c) and (d). 

Key Points

• Labour welfare:
  • ​Labour welfare is an important dimension of industrial relations which includes overall welfare facilities designed to take care of well being of employees and in order to increase their standard of living.
  • The objectives of Labour Welfare are
    1. To provide better work-life, personal and social life, and health to the labour force. Hence, statement (a) is correct. 
    2.  To make the workers happy and satisfied with the work environment. Hence, statement (b) is correct. 
    3.  Dissatisfaction regarding work-life among the workforce creates industrial conflict and dispute. Labour welfare aims at minimizing industrial dispute and industrial conflict.
    4. To increase production by increasing efficiency.
    5. To provide a better physical work environment.
    6. To relieve workers from industrial fatigue. Hence, statement (c) is correct. 
    7. To improve the intellectual, cultural, and standard of living of the workers. Hence, statement (d) is correct. 
    8.  Labour welfare programme aims at helping the labourers to overcome problems like absenteeism, increased turnover, indebtedness, alcoholism, etc., which make the labourer both physically and psychologically weak.