Status of Provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 - A Study at Vedanta Limited Pig Iron Division, Goa
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 6
Abstract
The prime focus of this research work is to explore the status of awareness & satisfactory levels of various provisions of Indian Factories act, 1948 in the target organisation ‘Vedanta Limited Pig Iron Division’ located in the state of Goa. The paper attempts to describe the background of Labour Legislation in India stating next regarding its classification. The need, importance and objectives of the research study is than mentioned following which is the Literature review stated.The research targets to excavate the awareness and satisfactory levels regarding the various provisions of Factories act among the non-managerial class of employees by taking a sample of 100 employees using Simple Random Sampling method from the total population of non-managerial class of employees in the organisation. The primary data has been collected through the Questionnaire method. The questionnaire was made as simple as possible and where required it was read out & explained verbally to many of the employees by the researcher because the majority of the sample employees were not well educated. The secondary data was collected through various company publications like Annual Reports, Files and documents related to labour welfare and books, journals, research articles related to Factories Act, 1948.The results indicate that the overall awareness levels of the various provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 is moderate but the satisfactory levels with the facilities provided by the organisation seems to be adequate among the sample employees. In simple words, though the sample employees are not very much aware of the facilities they are to be provided by the Factories Act, 1948, they are being provided with adequate health. Safety & welfare measured by the organisation which is keeping the employees satisfied.
Authors and Affiliations
Keerthi Sriya Ashokprasad, Dr. T Narayana Reddy
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