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Tata Main Hospital |
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The
many faces of care
Alike the concern with which the founders built the model
city of Jamshedpur, the Tata employees too, share a similar
relation of care and affection with their employers. The Tatas
were the first employers to introduce the 8-hour working day
(1912), free medical aid (1915), workers’ provident
fund scheme (1920) and many other welfare schemes even before
they were introduced in the West. The “employee association
with management” programme initiated in 1956 gave the
workers a stronger voice in the affairs of the Company. Forty-one
joint departmental councils were formed to encourage their
involvement in matters as diverse as production, quality improvement,
safety measures, etc. The industrial harmony propaganda of
the Company believes that “the welfare of the labouring
class must be one of the first cares of the employer”. |