Labour Welfare Policies of DLOR (DLF Laing O'Rourke)
We do know a lot about DLF & its success stories. We know that DLF is world’s biggest realtor today.
How big things become big it can easily be understood by the labour policies of Construction Giant DLF & Laing O’Rourke.
When you come to see labourers at a construction site wearing hard hats, construction shoes & high visibility jackets you may mistake it for any overseas western construction site, but this scene belongs to every another construction site among 26 construction projects in India under the flag ...DLF Laing O'Rourke i.e. "DLOR" supervised & managed by British Expat Tom Young, head of residential constructions DLOR…
…a joint venture between Indian real state giant DLF & British construction company Laing O'Rourke.
This is regarding adoption of entirely new working environment i.e. a great mélange of Labour Welfare Policies & Quality Output of construction.
Following are few of the new Policies & Rules adopted at DLOR construction sites which shows how DLOR treats with labourers…
-Compulsory construction shoes, hard hats & high visibility jackets for all labourers at the site.
-Safety training, subsidized food to all labourers.
-Housing for all labourers. 6 to 10 labourers in each of a 100 sq feet room in groups depending on their families & villages.
-Training facilities for labourers & help in education for their children.
-Women don’t work at DLOR sites.
- A mandatory playschool at sites for children under 5.
-A housekeeping agency keep shared toilets & drains clean.
-No alcohol inside the campsite.
-No class wise separation at DLOR sites between skilled & unskilled labourers.
-Ensures basic facilities like drinking water & regular health checkup of labourers.
-Weekly safety audits, regular safety meetings & tool box meetings with contractors & labourers.
-Help labourers to gain qualifications & education.
-On a goal of zero injury marked safety work hours.
-Spend Rs1500 10 Rs1600 per labourer per month towards safety, accommodation, food, education, health & water etc.
Now the Results-
(1) 26 construction sites providing housing, food & training to labourers.
(2) 14000+ labourers currently working on 26 projects.
(3) All DLF 600+ apartments are pre sold starting at 4.5 crore each.
(4) Achieved 2 Million safe man hours.
(5) Enough examples of construction workers making it to management.
(6) Educated more than 1300 contractors who are part of the projects.
(7) No major incident at all so far.
-Rahul Nadarya
(Jatland Member)
Refenence: Business Today
(March23, 2008)
We do know a lot about DLF & its success stories. We know that DLF is world’s biggest realtor today.
How big things become big it can easily be understood by the labour policies of Construction Giant DLF & Laing O’Rourke.
When you come to see labourers at a construction site wearing hard hats, construction shoes & high visibility jackets you may mistake it for any overseas western construction site, but this scene belongs to every another construction site among 26 construction projects in India under the flag ...DLF Laing O'Rourke i.e. "DLOR" supervised & managed by British Expat Tom Young, head of residential constructions DLOR…
…a joint venture between Indian real state giant DLF & British construction company Laing O'Rourke.
This is regarding adoption of entirely new working environment i.e. a great mélange of Labour Welfare Policies & Quality Output of construction.
Following are few of the new Policies & Rules adopted at DLOR construction sites which shows how DLOR treats with labourers…
-Compulsory construction shoes, hard hats & high visibility jackets for all labourers at the site.
-Safety training, subsidized food to all labourers.
-Housing for all labourers. 6 to 10 labourers in each of a 100 sq feet room in groups depending on their families & villages.
-Training facilities for labourers & help in education for their children.
-Women don’t work at DLOR sites.
- A mandatory playschool at sites for children under 5.
-A housekeeping agency keep shared toilets & drains clean.
-No alcohol inside the campsite.
-No class wise separation at DLOR sites between skilled & unskilled labourers.
-Ensures basic facilities like drinking water & regular health checkup of labourers.
-Weekly safety audits, regular safety meetings & tool box meetings with contractors & labourers.
-Help labourers to gain qualifications & education.
-On a goal of zero injury marked safety work hours.
-Spend Rs1500 10 Rs1600 per labourer per month towards safety, accommodation, food, education, health & water etc.
Now the Results-
(1) 26 construction sites providing housing, food & training to labourers.
(2) 14000+ labourers currently working on 26 projects.
(3) All DLF 600+ apartments are pre sold starting at 4.5 crore each.
(4) Achieved 2 Million safe man hours.
(5) Enough examples of construction workers making it to management.
(6) Educated more than 1300 contractors who are part of the projects.
(7) No major incident at all so far.
-Rahul Nadarya
(Jatland Member)
Refenence: Business Today
(March23, 2008)
