TY  - JOUR
AB  - A brief background to the historical context of welfare in the
workplace is provided and current attitudes amongst UK companies in the
private sector are explored. It is argued that both the link with
personnel and prevailing social and economic theories have had a direct
bearing on the status of welfare provision. From the research, current
styles of welfare provision are examined, falling roughly into three
categories: (1) informal assistance through management; (2) specialist
provision, either in the health facility or in its own right; and (3)
external counselling services, including independent consultancies and
psychiatrists and psychoanalysts. Few organisations, however, offer the
complete range of skills and services related to general welfare needs,
and UK companies are not making use of those that do exist. As personnel
managers choose to marginalise their welfare role and maximise their
contribution to supporting management needs they are distancing
themselves not only from that role but also from the employees. Ways
must be found of establishing an approach to company welfare compatible
with the needs of society in the 1990s.
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
SN  - 0955-8217
DO  - 10.1108/13665629110136893
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629110136893
AU  - Edmonds Margaret
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - EXPLORING COMPANY WELFARE
T2  - Employee Councelling Today
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 26
EP  - 31
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -