The Bihar Factories Welfare Officers Rules, 1952

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    "title": "The Bihar Factories Welfare Officers Rules, 1952",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Factories Welfare Officers Rules, 1952",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 2/F1-1089/62-50 - ",
    "act_year": 1952,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar Factories Welfare Officers Rules, 1952",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "content": "[1A. Definitions.\n(a) \"Act\" means the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);\n(b) \"Form\" means Form so appended to these Rules;\n(c) \"Inspector\" means Inspector appointed under Section 8 of the Act and includes Chief Inspector and Deputy Chief Inspector.\n(d) \"Labour Commissioner\" means Labour Commissioner appointed by the Government of Bihar;\n(e) \"Management\" means the Occupier of the factory and includes the Manager notified under sub-section (1) of Section 7;\n(f) \"Section\" means section of the Factories Act, 1948;\n(g) \"State\" means the State of Bihar;\n(h) \"Welfare Officer\"means a whole time Officer by whatsoever designation known employed in a factory under sub-section (1) of Section 49 exclusively to carry out any or all of the duties and functions specified in Rule 3;\n(i) Words and expressions defined in the Act, and used in these Rules shall be deemed to have the same meaning as in the Act.]\n[2. Employment of Welfare Officers.\n(i) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] is not less than 500 or more than 1000- one Welfare Officer of Grade III;\n(ii) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 1,000 but does not exceed 1,500- one Welfare Officer of Grade II;\n(iii) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 1,500 but does not exceed 2,500- Two Welfare Officers; one of Grade I and the other of any grade;\n(iv) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 2,500 but does not exceed 4,000- Three Welfare Officers; one each of Grade I, II and III;\n(v) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 4,000 but does not exceed 6,000- Four Welfare Officers; one each of Grades I and II and two of Grade III;\n(vi) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 6,000 but does not exceed 8,000- Five Welfare Officers, one of Selection Grade, one of Grade I, one of Grade II and two of Grade III; and\n(vii) where the number of workers [ordinarily] employed in the factory [* * *] exceeds 8,000- Seven Welfare Officers- one Selection Grade and two each of Grades I, II and III:\n[3. Duties and functions of Welfare Officers.\n(i) Establishing contact and consultations and helping in maintaining harmonious relations between the management and the workers;\n(ii) Taking up with the management the individual and collective grievances of the workers with a view to securing their expeditious redress and carrying on negotiations with the workers and trade unions;\n(iii) Assisting the management in formulating labour policies and interpreting those policies to the workers;\n(iv) Watching Industrial Relations, with a view to use his influence in the event of any dispute arising between the management and the workers and to get effected a settlement by persuasive efforts;\n(v) Dealing with wages and employment matters;\n(vi) Advising management in respect of fulfilment of statutory or other obligations on their part concerning application of Factories Act, 1948, Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 and other Labour and allied legislations;\n(vii) Where there is no separate industrial or plant, health and medical officer, establishing and maintaining liasion with Certifying Surgeon and other medical and health authorities concerning medical examination of worker and other matters relating to industrial health and hygiene;\n(viii) Where there is no separate Safety Officer, making arrangement for accident prevention, first-aid, safety committee and other matters related to accident prevention;\n(ix) Promoting healthy relationship between management and workers for ensuring productive efficiency as well as for amelioration in the working conditions and helping workers to adjust and adapt themselves to their working environments;\n(x) Constituting and encouraging Joint Production Committee, Emergency Production Committee, Works Committee, Canteen Committee, Cooperative Society, Safety Committee and other Welfare Committees and exercising supervisions upon the working of such committees;\n(xi) Securing provision for amenities such as canteens, shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms, creches; sanitary facilities, supply of drinking water, ambulance rooms and ambulance vans, primary health unit and safe and healthy working conditions;\n(xii) Introducing benevolent and social security schemes like Provident Fund, Insurance, Pension, Superannuation and Gratuity schemes, grants of loans, leave, Family Planning and Saving Schemes, etc. and giving guidance and advice to workers in such matters;\n(xiii) Securing welfare facilities, like housing, fair price shops, social and recreational facilities, general sanitation and advising on individual personal problems like education of children etc;\n(xiv) Where there is no separate training officer, advising the management on personal problems like training of new entrants, apprentices, instructors, supervisors and of workers on promotion and transfer from one trade or department to other trade or department;\n(xv) Exercising supervision over maintenance of Notice Boards and issue of new Bulletins and encouraging vocational and general education of workers and co-operating with workers education schemes;\n(xvi) Taking measures for raising the standard of living of the workers and promoting their general well-being;\n(xvii) Carrying out such other duties and functions in connection with the welfare of workers and industrial relations as have not been specifically mentioned in the sub-clauses above, but this will not include representing the management before a Court or Tribunal in labour disputes.]\n[4. Qualifications.\n(a) he has obtained a [degree or diploma] in Labour and Social Welfare or in Personnel Management or in any alied course from any institution recognised by Government [* * *] ;\n(b) he has thorough knowledge of Hindi:\n(c) he is not less than 21 years and not more than 40 years of age :\n[5. Condition of service.\n(b) Every appointment of Welfare Officer, shall be notified in the prescribed Form A to the Labour Commissioner, Chief Inspector and Inspector within seven days of the appointment.]\n(i) Warning;\n(ii) Censure;\n(iii) Withholding of increments including stoppage at an efficiency bar:",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Grades of Welfare Officers and their pay scales.",
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            "content": "[(a) Grade III-Rs. 880-35-1370-35-1510\n(b) Grade II-Rs. 1000-50-1700-60-1820\n(c) Grade I-Rs. 1575-50-1775-75-2300\n(d) Selection Grade-Rs. 1900-75-2500.]\n7.\n[Form A]\n[Form A]\nNotice of Appointment of Welfare Officer\n[Rule 5 (b)]\n1.\nName and address of the Factory\n...\n2.\nRegistration number under the Factories Act, 1948\n...\n3.\nName of Welfare Officer appointed\n...\n4.\nPlace of birth\n...\n5.\nPermanent address\n...\n6.\nPresent address\n...\n7.\nQualifications\n...\n8.\nGrade in which appointed\n...\n9.\nScale of pay-\n...\nBasic\n...\nD.A.\n...\nOther allowances\n...\nInitial pay offered\n...\n10.\nReference of advertisement\n...\n11.\nDate on which Welfare Officer joined service\n...\n12.\nTemporary or permanent\n...\n13.\nWhether on probation and period of probation\n...\n14.\nAny other relevant informations\n...\nSignature of Manager\nNotifications\nNotifications\nThe 11th August, 1982\nS.O. 1268 dated the 23rd August, 1982.\nThe 10th March, 1987\nS.O. 1118 dated the 8th November, 1988.\nAmendment\nAmendment\nThe 23rd November, 1987\nS.O. 941 dated the 18th May, 1988.\nNotification No. 2/F1-204/90 L, E & T/217, dated 4.4.1994.\nAmendments\nAmendments\n(a)\nGrade-III\nRs. 1640-60-2600-75-2900\n(b)\nGrade-II\nRs. 2000-60-2300-75-3200-100-3800\n(c)\nGrade-I\nRs. 3000-100-3500-125-4500\n(d)\nSelection grade\nRs. 3700-125-4700-150-5000",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh248",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 2/F1-1089/62-50 - 105, dated 5th August, 1952",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1952",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Factories Welfare Officers Rules, 1952",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}