The HR professionals’ task of retaining the employees is
very challenging and it is even more challenging in the current scenario where
more than 50% of the workforce is taken up by women. The greatest challenge
here is to retain the women workforce after marriage and particularly after
childbirth. This is one of the reasons why women are not considered for most of
the top positions in the organisations. However, the trend is changing now and
the women are ready to look out for various alternatives to focus on career and
manage the home and kids demands. This is still in the nascent stage and the
organisations also have felt the need to give a support to the women employees
in this respect. Hence, many of the organisations have come out with the in
house creche facilities for the women employees of the organisation. However,
the percentage of the organisations that have taken up this is comparatively
lesser and hence the researcher has taken up this area for her research in
identifying the reasons for the poor response of employers in providing in
house child care facilities at their cost despite the government’s amendment to
Maternity Benefit Act 2017. The researcher had adopted descriptive research
technique and had collected the response from 50 samples who are the Managing
Directors and the HR managers of the organisation. A structured, close ended
questionnaire was used to collect the data from the sample population. The
findings revealed that the negative incidences which hamper the image of the
organisation is the major reason why the organisations are reluctant to engage
in the child care facilities apart from cost considerations. The researcher has
also given some recommendations to improve the current situation.
Author(s) DetailsA. Martina
The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Tamil Nadu, India.
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