Abstract
Labour welfare occupies a place of significance in industrial development and economy. It is an important facet of industrial relations, the extra dimension, giving satisfaction to the worker in a way that even a good wage cannot. With the growth of industrialization and mechanization, it has acquired added importance, a happy and contented workforce is an asset for the industrial prosperity of any nation, and Labour welfare is nothing but the maintenance function of personnel in the sense that it is directed specifically to the preservation of employee health and attitudes. In other words, it contributes to the maintenance of employee morale. The welfare services in an industry is to improve the living and working conditions of workers and their families because the worker's well-being cannot be achieved in isolation from his family Labour welfare, though it has been proved to contribute to efficiency in production, is expensive.
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