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Work environment must be conducive to working. It must provide an environment conducive for doing innovative work and for working on challenging projects.Working conditions pertains to the workers' job environment, such as hours of work, safety, paid holidays and vacations, rest periods, free clothing or uniforms, possibilities of advancement, etc. The working conditions of an organization shall be such that workers or employees are able to contribute their best efforts and bring about quality output.Workers should feel safe and comfortable while working.Working conditions should be such that workers do not feel burdened with the work,instead they should be encouraged and motivated to work with pleasure.In other words,they should do their job in a similar manner as they do their personal work.Along with work,the workers must be engaged in fun activities both inside and outside the office such as partying at office,picnic or weekend trip,etc.

In many organisations, experiments and investigations are carried out by the social scientists and psychologists in the field of employee motivation.Small cohesive work groups and emphatic and understanding supervisors must be there to satisfy their social needs.Efforts need to be made to reduce stress at work because professional stress or job stress poses a threat to physical health which consequently affects the health of organization. Increased workload, extremely long work hours and intense pressure to perform at peak levels all the time for the same pay and unrealistic expectations especially in the time of corporate reorganizations puts employees at stress.The employees,especially women employees, should be ensured about their safety at a work place.

Efforts must be made by both the employers and the employees themselves to maintain team spirit among the workers.Workers should be encouraged to work for common goals of organization ,along with their individual goals,by cooperating with fellow employees.

Work environment should be clean,healthy,spacious and hygienic.It should be free from unnecessary noise and disturbances.Satisfactory physical conditions of work such as ventilation,temperature balance,lighting,noise and related disturbances,colour,surroundings,etc.will help to remove workers irritation or stress at work.There should be proper infrastructure facility in an organization.

There should be proper performance appraisal of employees at regular intervals .Those who perform well should be rewarded.Various incentives and benefits should be given to employees.A system of wage incentive will assure adequate incomes to employees and convince them that the management is sincerely interested in a better living standard for them and not in greater profits for itself alone.

Some of the legislations concerning this are:-

  • Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and working Conditions) Act, 1996 :- This act aims to provide for regulation of employment & conditions of service of the building and other construction workers.The Act also provides safety, health and welfare measures in every establishment which employs during the preceding year ten or more workers. The exception made is only in respect of residential houses which are constructed for own purpose and such other activities to which the provisions of Factories Act, 1948 and Mines Act, 1952 applies.

  • Plantation Labour Act, 1951:- The Act provides for the welfare of plantation labour and regulates the conditions of work in plantations.In every plantation covered under the Act, medical facilities are provided for the workers and their families as may be prescribed by the State Government. The Act provides for setting up of canteens, creches, recreational facilities suitable accommodation and educational facilities for the benefit of plantation workers in and around the work places in the plantation estate. The Act provides that no adult workers and adolescent or child shall be employed for more than 48 hours and 27 hours respectively a week, and every worker is entitled for a day of rest in every period of 7 days.

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