INTERNAL GUIDE: Mr.B.Elamurugan EXTERNAL GUIDE: Ms.S.

Sathya

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the welfare measures on employee morale in Ucal Fuel System Limited SECONDARY OBJECTIVE To study and analyze the welfare measures provided by the company To find out the various factors leading to high employee morale To evaluate the level of satisfaction of employees about the work environment and the facilities give by the Ucal Fuel System Limited To suggest measures to increase morale of the employees of Ucal Fuel System Limited

According to MR.R.PRADEEP (2009) Employee welfare is a comprehensive term including various services, benefits and facilities offered to employees and by the employers. Through such generous fringe benefits the employer makes life worth living for employees. Welfare includes anything that is done for the comfort and improvement of employees and is provided over and above the wages. The term morale has been criticized as being too vague (Roethlisberger, 1941), more recently, Weakliem and Frenkel (2006) suggest the term employee morale is an underlying concept of many of the noted constructs and should be used as a general term to refer to feeling about ones job.

STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING:

A random sample of a population in which the population is first divided into distinct subpopulations, or strata, and random samples are then taken separately from each stratum.

HYPOTHESIS 2: H0: There is no association between Educational Qualification and the level of satisfaction to the Medi-claim insurance scheme. Ha: There is an association between Educational Qualification and the level of satisfaction to the Medi-claim insurance scheme.

HYPOTHESIS 3: H0: There is no association between Experience and the level of satisfaction to welfare measures workers to pay more attention towards work and thus increases their productivity. Ha: There is an association between Experience and the level of satisfaction to welfare measures workers to pay more attention towards work and thus increases their productivity.

To analyze and interpret collected data the following statistical tools were used. Percentage method Correlation Chi-square analysis One Way Anova Independent Sample t test

It is inferred that majority 30% of respondents are strongly Agree with welfare measures promote a healthy work environment It is inferred that majority 45% of respondents are Agree with welfare measures promotes healthy industrial relation thereby maintaining industrial peace Using one way anova it is found that there is an association between Educational Qualification and the level of satisfaction to the Medi-claim insurance scheme It is inferred that majority 37% of respondents are Neutral with Lightings Using one way anova it is found that there is an association between Experience and the level of satisfaction to welfare measures workers to pay more attention towards work and thus increases their productivity.

The management should provide opportunities for career development. It will better if management given performance awards to employees. Management should reduce the work load of the employees Supervisors should maintain coordinal relationship with workers and offers recognitions of the employee efforts and provide needed guidance to workers. The management should pay reasonable wage and allowance to the employees. It is better the management should recognize the needs of employees and encourages employees special talents.

The study on effect of welfare measure on employee morale helps the management to know the satisfaction level of the employees about the welfare measure provided by the company. From this study we can infer that the majority of the employees are satisfied with the welfare measures. The company can concentrate on other facility like crche facility, uniform, and safety measures to boost the employee morale. The employee morale is good in the company. It is found that the effect of welfare measure on employee morale in this study is about 25%.

PERSONAL DATE Name (optional): Age: (a) 18-25 (b) 26-35 (c) 36-45 (d) Above 45 Gender: (a) Male (b) Female Educational Qualification: (a) Below Hr Sec (b) Hr Sec (c) UG (d) PG Experience: 0-1 Yrs (b) 1-5 Yrs (c) 5-10 Yrs (d) Above 10 Yrs Designation:

STATUTORY WELFARE SCHEMES

HIGHLY SATISFIED SATISFIED NEUTRAL DISSATISFIED HIGHLY DISSATISFIED

Drinking water Facilities for sitting First aid appliances Latrines and urinals Canteen facilities Spittoons Lightings Washing places Changing rooms

Rest rooms

HIGHLY SATISFIED
Personal Health Care Regular medical check ups Flexi time

SATISFIED

NEUTRAL

DISSATISIFIED

HIGHLY DISSATISFIED

Employee assistance programs Harassment policy

Action and protecting the aggrieved employee Maternity and adoption leave Medi-claim insurance scheme Employee referral scheme

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