STAFF WELFARE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN DELTA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, 2007-2015
KAREEM AKEEM OLUMIDE and Nwachukwu Chigozie Marcellinus
Published in 2022; Volume:XXII No: 1 Article Number: 2
Abstract
The welfare of staff has been understood as a tool for employee productivity.
This further explains how employees are cared for and how this gesture
encourage them to get fully involved in production activities of their
organization. Apart from the employer benefiting from the impact of staff
welfare, the general public and the society at large also benefit from improved
loyalty and services efficiency. In order to have goods and services within an
allocated resources being efficiently and effectively utilized, the employee need
good pension scheme, grants loans, sick leave and other motivational incentives.
One of the major reason why employees gain the heart of their employee in
production process through welfare packages is to make more profit and endear
the employee to sacrifice extra hours unpaid following the impression made
possible by the management of their organization. This study made use of
documentary research design in order to effectively make full use of the
secondary sources of data where all policy implementations on the area of staff
welfare can be traced in Delta state local government system. The
recommendations outlined different welfare packages that can motivate
employee’s to remain committed in promoting productivity in Delta state local
government areas.
Keywords
Productivity, Employee, Welfare packages, Organization and Motivation