Tamil Nadu Factories (Welfare Officers) Rules, 1953
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Qualification:- No person shall be eligible for appointment as Welfare Officer, unless he possess the following qualifications, namely:- (I) A degree of Master of Labour Management or Bachelor of Labour Management or B.A. (Labour Management) or M.A. (Labour Management) awarded to the Tamil Nadu Institute of Labour Studies, Chennai or by any University (ii) Any Post Graduate degree in Social Work or Social Welfare or Social Dynamics with Industrial Management or Personnel Management and Industrial Relations or Allied Sociology or Labour and Social Welfare or Sociology or Social Service or Social Science or Sociology and Economics or Social Technique or Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare or Commerce (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) or M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) awarded by any of the Institutions recognised by the Government of Tamil Nadu specified in the Annexure or the Institutions recognised by the University Grants Commission for the purpose of its grant; (or) A degree in Bachelor or Law awarded by any University recognised by the University Grants Commission for the purpose of its grant; (or) (b) (1) A degree awarded by any University other than the degree or post graduate degree specified in clauses a (I) and (ii) above; and A diploma in Labour Administration or Labour Laws and Administrative Laws or Personnel Management, Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare or Social Work or Social Science or Personnel Management and Labour Relations or Social Welfare with Labour Laws on Industrial Relations or Labour Laws or Social Service Administration or Labour Welfare or Social Work or Labour Training Course or Social Sciences or Industrial Phsychology and Industrial Relations or Labour Welfare and Personnel Management or Social Welfare or Social Science or Social Technique or Personnel Management and Industrial Relations or Human Resources Development in Industry or Business Administration as a main subject of any University or Institutions recognised by the Government of Tamil Nadu as specified in the Annexure or the institutions recognised by the University Grants Commission for the purpose of its grant; (c) Adequate knowledge of Tamil and English Languages: Provided that these qualifications shall not apply to any person who is a Government Servant and is deputed to a factory to work as Welfare Officer: Provided further that in the case of a person who is already acting as a Welfare Officer, the State Government may, subject to condition as they may specify as relax all or any of the above said qualifications; (2) for rule 5, the following rule shall be substituted namely:- "5. Recruitment of Welfare Officers:- (1) When the vacancy of the post of Welfare Officer is proposed to be filled by direct recruitment other than by deputation of a Government Servant, than the vacancy shall be advertised in two newspapers having wide circulation in the State, one of which shall be in Tamil and the other in English: Provided that the vacancy in a Government Establishment, Quasi-Government Establishment. Public Sector Undertaking or Private Establishment financially assisted by the Government shall be filled up through the Employment Exchange. The vacancy in any of the said establishments shall be advertised in the newspapers, only after obtaining non-availability certificate from the Employment Exchange: Provided further that when the vacancy is proposed to be filled by transfer or promotion from among the staff in the factory or group of factories belonging to the same Occupier, the vacancy shall be widely published among the prospective staff by suitable methods. (2) Selection for appointment to the post of Welfare Officer by direct recruitment, transfer or promotion shall be made from among the candidates applying for the post, based on the advertisement made by the Occupier under sub-rule (1) of wide publicity made among the prospective staff by suitable methods by the Occupier, by a Selection Committee appointed by the Occupier of the factory. (3) After the appointment to the post of Welfare Officer is made, it shall be notified by the Occupier, to the State Government or such other authority as the State Government may specify for the purpose (that is, the Chief Inspector of Factories) within 30 (thirty) days from the date of such appointment giving the details of the qualifications, age, pay, previous experience and other relevant particulars of the person appointed and the terms and conditions of his service: (3) for rule 6, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- "6. Conditions of Service of Welfare Officer:- (1) A Welfare Officer shall be given appropriate Status corresponding to the status of member of a factory executive staff. (2) The scale of pay and the allowances to be paid to the Welfare Officer and other conditions of service shall be the same as those of the other officers of corresponding status in the factory. (3) No penalty shall be improved upon a ‘Welfare Officer, unless he has been first information writing of the grounds on which it is proposed to take action and has been afforded an adequate opportunity of defending himself. (4) In case of discharge or dismissal of the Welfare Officer, he may appeal to Chief Inspector of Factories within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of discharge of dismissal, as the case may be of the Welfare Officer concerned. The decision of the appellate authority thereon shall be final and binding." ANNEXURE (See Rules 4(a) (ii) and rule 4(b) List of Degrees and Diplomas for appointment to the Post of Welfare Officer recognised by the Government of Tamil Nadu under rule 4(a) (ii) and rule 4(b) of the Tamil Nadu Factories (Welfare Officers) Rules, 1953.
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